I found out less than 24 hours before our pre-cruise “Meet and Greet” at the Radisson Resort at the Port that I would have the honor (I think it’s “honour” in Canada) of being the Cruise Director for this cruise. I was a little nervous after dropping my poor confused little dog off at the neighbors and heading to the airport for the flight to meet up with this group, but after meeting Major Bob and Dave from Toronto while having lunch and the rest of the party a little later that evening, I realized I had nothing to worry about, except maybe more Canadians! The weather must have been pretty cold up there because we certainly had a lot of them on this cruise. Let me tell you, our friends to the north know how to party! We had Juanita and Leeanne from some little place way, way up there in British Columbia who seemed to enjoy messing with my head and many others I’d love to mention, but this blog would be really long. Just know that I’m still thinking about all of you and smiling.

Most of the group started off our cruise vacation by meeting the night before at the Essex House Hotel in downtown Miami Beach. They had a great patio and lovely bar we could all chat in.

There is no doubt you were all excited about our beautiful ports of call but there was so much to do before we even arrived to San Juan!  The chocolate party was fantastic, many people brought different kinds of sweets and candies, so many in fact, that they had to extend it to the Chocolate and Wine Tasting a few nights later!