Sunday, April 10th

I woke up and everyone was up and staring outside...it was raining.  Oops, the first time in over a week we have had any rain.  It is before 8 AM and it seems to be passing so we have coffee and breakfast and by then it is clearing up and we head to the pool.  Susan and Kevin had bought some noodles for the lazy river and it was quite warm out at the pool today.  As it was the day before, they left and went to Moomba Beach to have a couple beers and Debbie and I played Words with Friends and took photos of the iguanas that were plentiful in the lush vegetation around the pool and grounds.

Our plan for dinner tonight was to go to the Paddock downtown which is near the port.  We had coupons for a free shot which was in the empty bottles called the "Paddy" in the photo below.  Debbie said it tasted like cough syrup.  The cruise ship in port today is none other than the Emerald Princess!  We were here on this same ship in October and it poured rain so much that we couldn't even leave downtown because it was so flooded.  We enjoyed dinner and decided to stop at the Hyatt tonight to play in the casino.  All these hotels have remodeled their casinos since we were here last and we just didn't enjoy them as we had before.  They all look and smell a lot better but just not the fun we had in the past.  Debbie and I had the most fun at the Marriott and the Westin this trip.

Susan and Kevin leave tomorrow and Debbie and I need to go talk to Lois and Alyson.  We originally asked them to dine with us Tuesday at Madam Janette's.  I don't want to go back there so we will give them the option of taking our reservation and going with someone else or we will just let it go.  It's hard to believe that we only have 3 more days here.  The time has flown by with so much happening.