Yesterday was embarkation day for the 400+ passengers that are joining us for the first 2-week voyage, which meant a busy day for all ship’s staff but some time to explore the Bahamas for freeloaders like me. While Shannon was slaving away behind the reference desk helping all the newcomers get adjusted to the ship and find good poolside reading material, I hit the town with the ship’s piano man/singer/joke teller/all-around-entertainer, Bob Falstein, and his lifelong buddy, Richard. Bob has been on more cruises than anyone I’ve ever met or heard about, so he knew his way around Nassau. We ate lunch at a little Bahamian fast food joint where we were the only non-locals, walked all around town, and then headed over to see the famous Atlantis resort to drink the best pina coladas of our lives.
Bob has a way with the ladies, so we also spent a good portion of the day chatting up PYTs. Actually, the truth is that Bob loves everyone, and the feelings of the masses are obviously reciprocal. You’d be hard-pressed to find a person who enjoys people more than a cruise ship piano man. He’s a fun and interesting traveling companion, to say the least.
Shannon did get a brief hour to leave the library desk and walk around the city. Unfortunately, she walked straight off the boat and into this guy. Not exactly a vacation so far:
Feeling happy to have married a hard-working librarian who lets me freeload and hit the town with the fellas,
Sam
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