These pictures of new Caledonia will show we mostly beached and partied. It’s actually lucky we have sun because bad weather has been following us all the way. But as Linda always says “It never rains on my Parade”! We only had a few hours here so we made the best of it. Burt, Linda, Hank and I went to do some shopping/internet work in the small town then we caught the local bus and headed for the beach. It was really a pleasant and relaxing day so had a picnic on the beach with some local sandwiches!
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Mark and I found New Caledonia to be very French like St. Martin which is like home for us. The language came back to us immediately so it was great to speak it so readily. We were very excited to find our favorite rum, used in making “Tea Punch” – our favorite St. Martin drink! For those of you who don’t know - it is a shot glass of special rum, lime and simple syrup! MMMMMMM!!!! So after 2 of those – each – we needed a nap.
When we all returned from the beach we attended “sail-away” which is always pretty fun!
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That night we took Jenna to dinner to celebrate her birthday. Technically her real day was in Sydney but we didn’t get together. So she had dinner with us and everyone, including the servers, sang happy birthday and brought a cake! Later we took some Sambuca and Tequila up to the 10th deck, found a secluded spot on some Adirondack chairs and watch for stars. We have not been able to see many on this trip which is a bummer. Usually the ships lights are too strong or we have too much cloud cover.
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Love to all – Maryann and Robin XOXOXOXO
