December 28, 2024
CHRISTMAS CABIN CRAWL

Six of us residents opened up our Cabins for a Christmas Crawl for 2 hours throughout the ship, that was open to all residents to come by and socialize with a little Christmas Cheer. I tried to use my craft skills to decorate my room in various space saving ideas and economical ways. Others offered booze and Christmas cookies. It was a great way to meet the 70+ new residents who joined us in Panama and still have fun with the ones i have already meet. Sadly, I forgot to take photos! Maura shared her's with me.

I really enjoyed my first trip to Thailand! On our final morning here we went to try breakfast at this spot, down the road, we had been hearing rave reviews on, King Of Bread . The hype was correct, the breakfast was delicious and they had some unique choices. I had eggs benedict on a croissant, in lieu of the standard english muffin and Bosco had it on Milk Bread, which was equally tasty.

We love having authentic experiences with locals to really get a chance to see how they live and thrive in the Ports we visit. So when I found a cooking class, by a local woman offered in her home, we were excited to book. Um ( our teacher) picked us and brought us back to our hotel along with the family of 4 from Sydney, Australia, that had also signed up for this afternoon class. Um's house, which has a lovely open air kitchen, garden and dining area, was about a 30 minute drive and turned out to be on the beach, right next to the Grandparent Rocks.



