We were on vacation last week, taking the kids on a 4-night Disney Cruise from Pt. Canaveral to Nassau and Disney’s “private island”, plus a day at sea. The trip was fantastic, and I’ll dish a little about it in this post. I thought that since we were stopping in Nassau, I’d find a cute little bookstore to write about … our first international Spotlight. Well, it’s not fair to call this a Spotlight on Bookstores because I didn’t find one! Not to worry, Cathy at Kittling: Books will be writing about Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland, England in a future post; we’re going across the Pond!
We flew into Orlando and had a little time to spend before heading over to the cruise port. There’s a Hudson News in the terminal (isn’t there one in every airport), and a nice, if small, Borders. My little guy was more interested in the Universal Studios store than bookstores!
On to the cruise, this pic was taken during the bon voyage party. We had a quick, typical
central Florida, rainstorm before setting sail. I caught LW6 and LM10 with this rainbow in the background (it’s real, not Photoshop!)
Coming through the port in Nassau I spotted this sign for “Books and ‘Tings” in the cruise terminal. The store was the size of my bathroom, and featured more ‘tings than books! I thought I might be on to something when I approached the “Island Book Shop”. No luck there, either, it was a motley collection of remaindered books and calendars, along with some nicer local pieces.
Now I segue into some quick cruise highlights, including a Segwaytour in Nassau. J and I had a blast on these! They’re two-wheeled motorized “bikes” that you control by shifting your body weight (forward, toward the toes to move; upright to stop, back toward the heels to reverse … I don’t recommend reverse!). It took a bit of practice, but once I got the hang of it, it was so much fun! The guide kept saying “trust the bike” and had us Segway-ing with no hands!
One night was the Pirates in the Caribbean party, complete with dancing on the deck, music and fireworks.
We donned these silly bandanas at dinner and practiced our “Aaarrr” and “Ahoy, Matey!” What you don’t see in this photo is J holding a butter knife to me, like he’s the pirate and I’m the captive 
Each night our cabin steward left towel animals on our beds. LM10 enjoys origami and enjoyed deconstructing this rabbit and elephant to learn how to create them in towel-gami.
Just one last photo, of the kids with Goofy!
