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| Freeport, Bahamas |
Booking a December cruise to the Bahamas is a great idea. Leaving from Baltimore may be a bit unconventional. Yet that's exactly what we did all last week.
Our Carnival cruise left cold Baltimore on a Sunday, traveled south to Port Canaveral, Fla., for a day and then to Nassau and Freeport in the Bahamas before arriving in a snowy Maryland the following Sunday. This was our second cruise but the first with Carnival. It was an easy choice -- unlike most cruise lines, its kids' club (aka free babysitting) starts at age two instead of age three.
It wasn't the most exciting vacation we've ever taken, but it was relaxing and enjoyable and just what we needed. Edith and Atticus loved the kid area -- along with the unlimited soft serve ice cream. Paul and I not only got kid-free time, but lots of it. We actually got to eat several meals without cutting up a small human's entree. And the molten chocolate cake was superb.
Although we left from the Northeast, the weather was warm enough to use our balcony by the first morning. The last full day on the ship was cold and rocky, but that's the chance you take when you don't leave from Florida or Texas. And spending the day holed up reading a book really isn't so bad. Not sure I would choose a winter cruise again from a cold-weather port, but I don't regret booking it.
Of course I was sad on Sunday as we made the 6+ hour drive home, but I was ready to be back. Just not ready for life to be anything but all-inclusive.
Here are some photo highlights, but I'll focus on a couple of our destinations in future posts.
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| Baltimore |
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| View from balcony, first morning |
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| Face painting! |
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| Kennedy Space Center |
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| More face painting - pirates! |
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| Atticus loves syrup. |
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| Nassau, Bahamas |
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| The ship in Nassau. |
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| Surprised by a birthday cake! |
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