Day 7 - Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

Tuesday February 6

The "When & Where" told us that we would reach the private island of Half Moon Cay and anchor at 8 am and we did. You could set your watch by it. There was no pier and they had to let the boats out to tender us. When the boats are lifeboats they take 150 people. When they are tenders they take 90 passengers. Everything was very well organized and was no bother.

We had no tour or plans. Just looking for the beach!

Past a little chapel.

The beach was lovely but the sky not so much. At least it was still warm.

Of course, James is going for a swim. Since it's only people from our ship and another Holland America we think everything is safe to leave on the chairs and I prefer to go for a walk along the water.
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Bummer. It starts to rain. Not buckets but a fine mist. James in the water doesn't mind. I find a shelter. When it stops again I walk back to the chairs but James comes toward me and asks what I had done with the towels and our stuff. Nothing! His hat with t-shirt and his glasses were still there but two bags were gone. And our sandals. Bummer!

Luckily I had at the last minute decided to take his telephone (with attached cards) into my pocket as well. What a blessings.

So, we found a place where we can report this in case it will be found. We did walk again forth and back  on the beach to make sure we didn't overlook it (since we like walking anyway). Their first reaction had been that we didn't know where we had left it but since we could tell them that James' hat etc had still been there that was not the case. 

We had been told to wait a little close by and sat for a beer.

Then we decided it was time to get back to the ship. We could have had BBQ on the island (compliments to the cruise line) but were not so keen on it. So, a lady supervisor went to both tender stations with us to make sure our stuff wasn't turned in and wants to make the people aware of it. I wanted a picture in front of the sign and she took it for us. Nice lady.

We went back to the ship with a different boat. I felt awkward to be barefoot but so what.

Big bowl of salad for lunch again. Love that salad with the seared tuna and balsamic vinaigrette. Rewarding myself with dessert. Why not?

"When & Where" had announced: last tender at 2:30 pm and promptly at 3 the anchor was lifted. Well, they tried. Somehow we noticed that there might have been a problem that it was stuck. The ship maneuvered to give it a different angle or so and finally it worked. Interesting.
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A miracle! We got a call to the cabin to came down to where we had entered the ship again. They had found our stuff. No idea what had happened. Nothing had been critical but it was nice to get it back anyway especially my shorts and sandals since I hate shopping.

It deserved celebrating (as if we needed a reason)  and we went to another Martini sampling.

I can't find where we had written down some notes but the first one was made with cucumber. Can't remember the other two. But they were definitely different than the tasting the day before. And, to be honest, more juice-drinks then anything else. No harm done.

Again, a little waiting time before dinner. The piano/violin music was delightful.

Dinner with two other couples. A table for 6 is almost best for conversation. Very nice people. 

And later it's time to pack. The week went fast!