Norwegian Sky 2018

Hey There, Monday!

Today I'm dreaming that we are still on our after-Christmas cruise!

I'm thinking about the sun, warm weather and tropical views!

Last summer Alex and I had been thinking about going somewhere after Christmas.

We mentioned going on a cruise because we thought that would offer sunshine and heat!

Our friends heard us talking about it and said that they would be interested too, so I set off to find the right cruise for us!

We opted for the Norwegian Sky because Alex and I had never been on a Norwegian cruise before, and it had an included beverage package, which would be enjoyed by a lot of our friends!

Ideally, we would have loved to depart a couple of days after Christmas, but this cruise depart on December 26.

I made sure that everything was packed a couple of days before Christmas because Christmas tends to be busy.

I wanted to still host Christmas dinner at our house, so that meant lots of people in our home only a few hours before we would leave. 

We hosted Christmas dinner a bit earlier in the evening, so that we would have enough time to clean up and get ready for our 3 am departure. 

Our friends picked us up and we headed to the airport. 

The airport was busy, but it wasn't crazy. 

TSA moved fast, and it seemed like just another ordinary day. 

I was amazed at how holly-jolly one day can be and then the next it's like back to normal. 

I was a little sad that everyone didn't seem to be in the Christmas spirit, but we were ready to depart. 

We made it to Miami about a half hour early. 

That put us there nearly at the same time that the rest of our friends were landing. 

We met up and caught an Uber to the port. 

It was raining, one of our friends got sick in the Uber, one of our friends left her phone in the Uber, so we were really glad to say good-bye to Miami!

The next morning we made it to Key West!
Key West gives me all of the happy feels because that it where we got married!

I was up early eating my breakfast and looking for the sun to rise. 

Do you see that fancy ship down there? 

Someone said it was Kenny Chesney's!

We never saw him but it could have been!

We were set to snorkel in Key West, but the water was so rough. 

The Christmas trees on the ship were swaying back and forth. 

They actually met with us and said there was an advisory and that they wouldn't recommend small children going out. 

They gave us the option to cancel and get our money back. 

We were very pleased with this option and didn't figure we would see much with how rough it was. 

We cancelled our snorkeling adventure and went to find our friends!

I always love this view!

We walked around and then decided on visiting a local beach. 

We laid out for a while-the water was freezing!!

Then, we ventured to lunch and I had to have some chocolate covered key lime pie!

Before long we were back on-board and enjoyed the views as we headed out to sea!

I always love seeing the towel creations and the Daily for the next day!

The next morning I was up early and decided to find a spot to read.

I was sitting here when they came on and broke the news that it was too rough to visit Norwegian's private island. 

They wouldn't be able to get the tender boats out with how high the waves were. 

I was SO bummed that our friends would not get to see a private island. 

The private islands are always my FAVORITE!

Since we couldn't go to the private island, I went to the spa!

We over-nighted in Nassau. 

When we arrived, we got off and explored a little bit of evening life in Nassau. 

Enjoying the Christmas views!

The next day we were heading to Atlantis!

I'm going to give Atlantis its own blog post on Wednesday!

After Atlantis we returned to Miami, and I read beside the ocean as we waited until it was time to head to the airport!

Come back later on in the week to see more about our trip!