CRUISE: DAY 2

DAY 2
After a surprisingly pleasant night of rest, Brett and Ellie ventured off to the continental breakfast to scrounge a Mother's Day feast fit for a Queen...or a Miami day time stripper. The food was bad, but the heart was there. Fortunately, Brett purchased a card not featuring vulgar language previous to leaving the only state that sells them. We hurried up to get ready to make our departure time for the shuttle to the port. we were only a meager 15 min late, which the shuttle crew openly "appreciated." On our way to the port, we passed the miami heat stadium, where we witnessed their interesting take on art in the form of a muscley buttocks of a Miami Heat basketball player, complete with rippling pectorales. We arrived at the port finally, just in time to enjoy a 2 hour wait for the remainder of our traveling companions- Trevor, Shannon, and little Sydney.
During this wait, we found a second Jamaican man selling jamaican meat pies. And of course we could not resist. the meat pies were okay. the only thing that was slightly disheartening was the fact that to tell the chicken pies from the beef pies, they marked directly on the pies with an ink marker. along with the pies, we enjoyed a true fruit punch, with actual chunks of fruit in it.
Ellie rounded out our wait by chasing pigeons while shouting "Tweet! tweet!" and starting a lovely tan. By the time Trevor and Shannon showed up, Brett had lost 5 lbs just through sweating.
We boarded the ship, and our dreams became a reality. We were now officially on a cruise! While the crew took our bags to our cabin, we took ourselves to the Welcome Buffet. Then we explored the ship a bit. The main deck and upper decks included a small pool, a large television screen, a waterslide, running track, volleyball court, miniature golf, and ping pong tables. needless to say, we were in heaven!
Inside the ship, each floor contained new surprises, and different levels of elegance, with a wide variety of activities.
We finally made it back to our room to chillax and unpack, and were greeted by a friendly towel walrus and mints upon entering. Our cabin was as small as we expected it to be, but the bathroom was surprisingly more spacious and comfortable than that of the bathroom in our hotel the previous night. In the room, there was a small tv. the channels included a safety/activity channel for the cruise, and 4 channels that rotated previews between Tangled, Harry Potter, and the one about Jim Carrey being gay for Ewen McGregor. There was also one that rotated Scooby Doo, but only clips of episodes, like 2/3 of a show. There was A movie channel that would play a movie, just one movie, for the whole day. Also, some spanish soap operas.
We felt like we were living in a small room off the side of Golden Corral.

CRUISE: DAY 1

okay, i still have no idea what i'm doing but people have been telling me to blog about our cruise so here goes....
the cruise was AWESOME! The life of luxury was divine, and it was a rude awakening when we got home.
(IN THE WORDS OF BRETT, typed by Hil)
It all started when we arrived in Fart Lauderdale. We got on a bus to start our trip to Miami. a jamaican man stood up to give us a seat. He fell in love with ellie and proceeded to tell us the 5 principles of becoming a true "Rosta Man." First, take care of the children, he said. second, protect the family. Third, protect the homeless. fourth, help the elderly. fifth, protect the motha and fatha. this was the first sign we weren't in utah anymore. and even though we were still in the states, it kinda felt like we weren't even in the states anymore.
The bus took us to a train, which would then take us to Miami. after a quick 40 min ride, and 40 min of brett's extreme paranoia that we would be robbed or stabbed, we arrived in Miami!
Then, out of the cheapness of our hearts, we waited for a shuttle to take us to the airport and the airport shuttle to the hotel- as opposed to taking a taxi. on the way to the hotel, starving from our ravenous voyage, we asked the driver to recommend a local restaurant. she said there were two restaurants near the hotel. there was one that served food from Honduras, and the other was Peruvian food. Both turned out to be bars, but the one from Honduras was also a discoteca. SO, Hilary and Ellie settled into the hotel room, while Brett walked across the street to get the Peruvian food. Being in a state where english is the second language, we expected excellent peruvian food, but instead got the cheapest gringo version of the food possible.
The room: the finest luxury that 60 bucks could buy in miami. Teeny bathroom. Teenier shower. And a room to match.

 

 

 

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