Solar Eclipse : A pictorial review of the Exotic Southern Caribbean

 

Just love my Delft candle holder and child musicians from Aruba.

 

 

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Very nice indeed !

Pat said that she saw those in the shop as she's more the collector than I . She also inquired of the value of a piece that her mom bought in 1950 ( the year that I was born ! ) . It's a creamer cow . You put the cream inside of the cow and it pours out of it's nose ! :D

I can understand not wanting to become a target while travelling.:p

I wanted her to wear it on the ship since we were the target of many sales pitches ! I felt like we were on a time share cruise !!! ;p

Look carefully at the warning sign above your toilet.

Someone on our cruise pointed out that you aren't allowed to flush cars down the oi' et. ;p

LOL, And I thought it was a turtle.

oi'et humour is very hard to beat. :p

Very nice indeed !

Pat said that she saw those in the shop as she's more the collector than I . She also inquired of the value of a piece that her mom bought in 1950 ( the year that I was born ! ) . It's a creamer cow . You put the cream inside of the cow and it pours out of it's nose ! :D

 

I am pretty sure the cream doesn't leave the cow from there.:eek:

I wanted her to wear it on the ship since we were the target of many sales pitches ! I felt like we were on a time share cruise !!! ;p

 

 

Or Sail's pictures for that matter.:p

Or Sail's pictures for that matter.:p

$aleing with Celebrity

Some more photos before heading back to the ship for dinner and a sunset

A smart van

We ate dinner at the buffet so we could see the sunset from our balcony

ships on the horizon

A video of the sunset ( with music )

After the sunset , gone but not forgotten

Loved the UTube video of the sunset......:)

upwarduk - Where in Aruba did you get your Delft ware. Thanks!

Marilyn

upwarduk - Where in Aruba did you get your Delft ware. Thanks!

 

Marilyn

In one of the tourist shops along the waterfront in Oranjestad. There are many, but I cannot remember the name as it was in Nov 2001.

I am really enjoying these amazing pictures. The synagogue is fascinating. I learned 3 things I never knew; the settlement of Jewish people in the area; where the Spock hand sign came from; and most interesting of all Ernst Leitz and the Leica Freedom train. I had to look it up and read about it; I never knew about him. I honestly do not remember seeing anything at the Holocaust Museum in D.C. about him.

I loved the children's parade; never seen anything like this! Glad you happened upon it.

Thank you for posting and all of the beautiful pics; what a diversion to my work day!

Loved the UTube video of the sunset......:)

It's very relaxing to have a glass of wine on the balcony and watch . And while we find our sunrises here in Florida's East coast very energizing , a sunset is the antithesis - very chillaxing ! :cool:

I am really enjoying these amazing pictures. The synagogue is fascinating. I learned 3 things I never knew; the settlement of Jewish people in the area; where the Spock hand sign came from; and most interesting of all Ernst Leitz and the Leica Freedom train. I had to look it up and read about it; I never knew about him. I honestly do not remember seeing anything at the Holocaust Museum in D.C. about him.

 

I loved the children's parade; never seen anything like this! Glad you happened upon it.

 

Thank you for posting and all of the beautiful pics; what a diversion to my work day!

After escaping pre WW II Germany , many people were employed in New York and given a model ll camera like this one . Seeing the camera drew me to the story of the Freedom Train . For a neat video see Al Stewart's Night Train to Munich video :

From :By © Kameraprojekt Graz 2015 / Wikimedia Commons /, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42276389

We missed most of the Carnival parades on the cruise and so we were happy to see this one but the one Aruba almost made us late to the ship ! :eek:

I am so excited to see that you are writing another cruise review. I always enjoy traveling along with you. I look forward to reading more about your latest adventure.

I am so excited to see that you are writing another cruise review. I always enjoy traveling along with you. I look forward to reading more about your latest adventure.

Well welcome aboard , we're glad that you could make it as we return to the city in the evening .

The city at night

From the fort

The bridge at night

The East bank

The west bank

There are 'dancing lights ' on the bridge at night as can be seen on this video :

The Eclipse at rest

A last look . It was hard to get good night photos without a tripod , but I'm pretty happy with these .

Thanks Joe, the photos are just fantastic. :)

Thanks Joe, the photos are just fantastic. :)

You're welcome Mic , we enjoyed our day in Curacao and taking them . :) :D

The parade with all of the school children looked really cute! I'll bet those kids were having a lot of fun. :D

Turn me loose in that Delft shop! Unfortunately, Barry will be bored to death there and will soon be acting like a bull in a china shop! :eek: I don't think he will break anything, but you never know. I will make sure I don't keep him there too long. :rolleyes:

I love the Delft cow! We had a cow pitcher like that, but it was definitely not Delft. I do remember having a couple of pieces of Delft, a small plate and a trivet, I think. I'm sure I still have them somewhere. :confused:

I love all the sunset video and pictures!

Joe, I haven't downloaded the baseball pictures yet. We have had a good crazy, busy week and I just haven't gotten to them yet. There was a lot of glare in the ball park, so I didn't do as much picture taking as I would have liked. While I'm pretty sure I had the camera on the right settings, I know already that I didn't frame a lot of the shots very well, and some are very affected by all the glare. I will keep working on it.

We were in Curacao until 10 but we had a dive day early the following morning in Aruba .

Approaching the dock in Aruba

A new day was dawning bright over a new country for us

Our berth in Aruba

Carnival regalia in the terminal

Heading out to meet our ride

The ship next to us is owned and used by Scientology

Happy Hoppy

This bus looks like the Partridge Family bus . I wonder if it's owned by Scientology ?

Joe,

Is the last picture the banana bus?

I remember their tours being very noisy!🙈

Is Freewinds a permanent fixture in Aruba? She was there when we were there in March 2013 and I see her often on the Aruba cams.

Joe,

Is the last picture the banana bus?

I remember their tours being very noisy!

Is Freewinds a permanent fixture in Aruba? She was there when we were there in March 2013 and I see her often on the Aruba cams.

I'm not sure what the bus was but we saw it at the port several times .

The ship is based in Aruba and travels as " The perfect religious retreat dedicated to enabling one to devote his full attention to spiritual growth " , according to the Church of Scientology .

But a much different story was told by a lady name Valeska Paris who claims that she was held on the ship against her will for 12 years in this story from the Independent .

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cruise-from-hell-i-was-trapped-on-scientology-ship-while-tom-partied-6271542.html

Talk about Pirates of the Caribbean !