Ok...I'm a little late for your morning coffee but it's Saturday so hopefully you slept in!

Legendary Parties….we have several in our future!

But first let me tell you about the rest of our visit to Grand Turk.

Shortly after arrival many of the crewmembers went ashore for a Holiday Photo. It was fun to see them with Santa Hats and other holiday finery – from the waist up – they were going to wade into the water for the photo so the wise ones prepared accordingly.

Of course disorganization ruled and they wandered and waded for a while, finally Santa arrived but someone forgot the surfboard (you know the one they use for caviar in the surf) Anyway, someone was dispatched to get it and finally Santa was lifted onto the board, the crew gathered round and cameras were focused – many by passengers too.

You saw some of the results in the last photo link I posted. After the photo session some returned to work and other lucky ones continued to frolic in the warm Caribbean water. This is a sensational port for crew, they can walk to the beach within minutes and the facility is really lovely. I’m sure that will make this a popular stop for all of them.

Many passengers enjoy the beach as well. In late afternoon we were all invited to return for a cocktail party and to enjoy the sunset. Lavish preparations were made and when we arrived there were dozens of linen covered tables arranged for our party. Flowers, candles, silverware were laid out ready for the party. It’s clear that the resort and Seabourn went to great lengths to create an event for us. Unfortunately we are completely spoiled by the 5 star services on the ship. The wait-staff for this event was local and while they tried their best we waited quite a long time to be served.

The wait didn’t dampen our spirits; we were enjoying conversation with new friends. I had the chance to meet James King, his mother and grandmother. Along with Kaye and Brian we had a great time talking about Australian school program compared with the UK and USA.

A group of school children performed a program on steel drums and then one of the resorts official gave a very long and unfortunately boring blow-by-blow history of Grand Turk. None of this really bothered us but the sand fleas and mosquitoes finally drove us back to home sweet home on the Legend.

Back onboard the ship we freshened up for dinner. Of course a visit to the Club is required so we stopped to enjoy another cocktail before going to the Sky Deck for surf and turf. I’m sorry to say we didn’t plan this well and with an eight o’clock reservation we arrived to find only a few empty tables located in windy locations.

The staff tried to sort it out but we really weren’t upset and decided instead to go down to the restaurant to dine. We’ll definitely try the deck dinner but will plan to arrive a bit earlier for a better seat.

The dinner menu selections continue to be wonderful and if I tell you everything we enjoyed I’d have to consider a serious diet – and I’m still in denial so just know we are not starving!

Sara Jane (our CD) was the headliner in the lounge last night. She entertained us with some wonderful tunes and some special news. Seems there’s going to be a wedding during our cruise….HERS! Sara is to be wed to Niko on Dec. 29 – she’s invited all of us – you can imagine the excitement. I don’t have many other details yet but everyone is looking forward to this very special occasion.

Well, enough news for now. Tonight we’re joining a birthday party – I’ll have more fun to share later.

So, until then, greetings from everyone on the Legend cruising towards St. Barth.