August 15, 2018 - Morning Tea in Garden City and Tanya at Sea on Caribbean Cruise Day 6

Elisa's Daily Scoop
Covering Long Island & NYC Boroughs 
CURRENTLY IN: LONG ISLAND

Morning Tea in Garden City
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Well hello!!!

I'm coming to you from the lovely Seventh Street in Garden City - sitting outside at Dunkin' Donuts - in the shade, on this beautiful sunny and breezy day!

After dropping off Gianna at her prep class this morning, I met my friend Karla for a light breakfast and some chit-chat.

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I'm so grateful that Karla loves to visit different places and is up for Daycations!!  In fact, she is going to join my little trio for our day in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn!  

I'm hoping to lock into a day next week - will keep you apprised! 

As Tanya continues on her Caribbean Cruise, I'm continuing to enlighten you (and myself!) on fun facts about the islands she is (and has been)  visiting.

Today is a day at sea for her, but yesterday, she spent the day in Curaçao. (CLICK HERE to read yesterday's  blog: Some Vacation & Staycation Planning for Elisa and Tanya in Curaçao on Caribbean Cruise Day 5
to see photos and a video from Curaçao). 

And...another article for your reading pleasure today about the island of Curaçao:

8 Fun Facts About Curaçao

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It's a carpooling day - taking Gianna and her friends into town after prep class for them to enjoy a picnic together.  They couldn't have gotten a better day!!

Each girl is bringing something different and they will hang out this afternoon munching and chatting!

​That's it folks!!

Toodles for now!!
-E
xoxo

Tanya's Daily Scoop 
Covering the West Coast & the World
​CURRENTLY IN: AT SEA

Tanya at Sea on Caribbean Cruise Day 6

GREETINGS FROM THE SEA! 

AND 

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MEEEE (and Dave)!

After a very fun (and busy) couple of days exploring the ABC islands, we are here again at sea and pretty much taking it easy.

Lounging on deck starboard side, enjoying the breeze (okay so it’s a little bit more than a breeze) and staying entertained watching the frigate sea birds sail right along side us and nose dive into the water. They are catching flying fish midair amongst other swimming fishy munchables that they seem to enjoy so much! Food and staying fed just seems to make all walks and flights of life quite happy. Lol

Speaking of which...did you see the Daily Dose of Travelin’ Tanya video that I took while visiting Curacao yesterday?

I was sure hoping for the surprise guests to be right there on the beach at Porto Marie. ​

And I was not in the least disappointed. 

Heck even if they weren’t there I don’t think there was anyway anyone could be disappointed. 

What an amazing spot!     Freakin’ GORGEOUS. Just ABSOLUTELY beautiful!! 
The waters were pristine, a crystal clear and sparkling aquamarine. Oh so very inviting! 
It takes a whole lot to get me eager and excited to take dip and splash around, but this had certainly did the job.
The weather was perfect. And the temperature of the surf ever so refreshing.


While there I had even spotted a big ol’ Iguana strolling about, of course I had wanted to take a few snapshots of the local and in doing so I had made an arrangement with him to not chase after me and I agreed not to chase after him. LOL  
Because we all know which of the two of us would be more freaked out by the other coming in our direction!!! Just in case there is any doubt or you still don’t know me well enough - that would be ME!

So back to the snout. Those sweet furry wild pigs that so enjoy laying in the sand relaxing, take no hesitation the minute they sniff something to eat. They are led by their long sniffer and go straight for the food!

This time the food happened to me mine. It was unopened and tucked away in my beach bag, but there was no way of stopping a hungry pig as he went straight into my sack to search out what goodies he might find. 
Luckily Dave and I were on top of the situation and caught him in the act. I was nearby and to the amusement of other beachgoers, all laughing the entire time while I managed to kindly shoo the piggy out of my bag. 

Ahhh I was having the time of my life. And I thoroughly acknowledge the fact that I’ve made a life for myself that I can and have said that statement on a number of occasions.

Eventually we made our way back towards Willemstad and because of our well tipped and  happy cabbie who knew that I was out and about to take photos, he was kind enough to stop along the way at where the local flock of Flamingoes hang out. 

Next up was strolling along the historic walk to the Rif Fort UNESCO World Heritage site as well as the highly anticipated Willemstad. Being one of the most beautiful and photographic cities in all of the Caribbean - if not all of the world!

We stopped and shopped and snapped away. But since I have a very limited connection, I can only share a small fraction of these pictures with you until my return to the states. Not to worry or fret, because I will be sharing these with you. You just have to be a bit patient with us for the time being.

We toured and explored, having a absolute grandiose time. But to be honest with you (which just happens to come with the package, but I just like to say it anyway) after visiting Porto Marie anything else that filled our day was just gonna be the icing on the cake or the cherry on top of my vegan ice cream sundae! And Willemstad was in fact way more than that.

With all of the touring I was getting fairly low on energy and rather peckish. But then I turned a corner and found an adorable quintessential fresh smoothie bar that seemed to be quite popular with both the locals and other tourists. La Boheme Cafe makes delicious fruit and vegetable smoothies that totally hit the spot. YUM.

We were due back on board before sunset and had made our way back across the 
Queen Juliana swinging bridge...which we apparently timed right and caught it just as it was about to swing open for a sail boat needing to get through. How interesting that was. Guess I have yet another thing I can say that I’ve experienced! LOL

We had a lovely evening on board and some fun conversation with the folks at our dinner table. 

As noted earlier, today is our anniversary and we started to reminisce about past anniversaries. 
Since I’d like to share via show and tell, this will be something that you can also look forward to once I return.

Here is a Photo Gallery of Curaçao from our Visit Yesterday:

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For now I’ve got to go catch one of my favorite events on board - The Hairy Chest Competition.

See ya back here tomorrow front the island of Grand Turk of Turks and Caicos.

Tootles,
-Travelin’ Tanya