Fort Lauderdale

 We have been here many times because Princess Cruises often leave from here. In fact this was the departure point for our first cruise ( January 2009). We usually fly in the night before, spend the night at a motel or hotel, shop a little at nearby malls and then board the ship. We have done a few excursions here when we have done back to back cruises.

But this time we did not plan excursions and we needed to shop for cold meds and I needed to replace my now defunct curling iron.

There was a planned free shuttle that would take passenger to a near by mall. It was about a 20 minute ride and it turned out to be a high end mall, not exactly what we needed especially since they did not have a drug store. We asked the bus guide where to find a drug store and she obliged. Still a little unsure when we got to the street we asked a passing lady where the nearest drug store was. She quickly whipped out her cell phone and asked it where the nearest drug store was. ( we really do need to learn how to make better use of our cell phones) We were almost across the street from a CVS drug store. It was quite expensive but it did have everything we needed as well as a couple of suitable magnets for our Xmas tree collection.

We returned to the ship, had lunch, had a nap, watched sail away and began our next segment of this awesome cruise. We have all new passengers in our area of the dining room and our special waiter has been moved to Sabatini's. We will have to track Peter down to give him a proper thank you, hopefully we can do that today. 

This day greeted us with a beautiful sunrise, it is warm already so this may be the day to get a tan.