Saturday, November 24, 2007

New York City






We just finished up a cruise ship contract out of NYC. The ship is the ms Noordam, the newest and prettiest of the Holland America Line. As shown in the pictures, the ship is immaculate and the theater was fantastic. The pier was literally right downtown so sail away went through the harbor with the most gorgeous view of the city.

The ship went to the southern Caribbean and we actually got to go to some ports we had never been to. The itinerary was Road Town, Tortolla; St. Thomas; Barbados; St. Martin; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. We had a fantastic day in St. Martin. Neither of us had been there since our Disney days, so it was a blast from the past. We spent the majority of the day on the French side of the island enjoying fantastic French food and wine....the new Beaujolais!

Post-cruise ship contract, we went to Boston for Thanksgiving and came back to NYC for the night. Unfortunately, due to the Broadway stagehand strike, our original plan of taking in a show was not able to happen. It's weird to walk around the theater district, see all the theaters and know nothing is happening inside. There were protesters outside each theater (see above picture). Although we 100% support their strike it sucks for us and all of the thousands of other people who vacationed in NY just to take in some theater.

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