COZUMEL: HOT AND HUMID!

Cozumel, Mexico / NCL Getaway

Thursday, February 4, 2016

High 80s, sunny

Today was a calm, hot, humid day as we disembarked at the north pier in downtown Cozumel. Not a whisper of wind. TK and I walked to Los Cincos Soles, a shop we always go to in Cozumel where we buy the best vanilla. We wished the weather was this calm two weeks ago when our tour with our friends was cancelled because of high winds and rough seas.  We have been at this port often and as I mentioned before, walking the main street is difficult because the shop vendors are tenacious. We are polite, but the walk is difficult. Some call TK my body guard as I say “No thank you” over and over.

There were four cruise ships in port today, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Carnival and our Getaway.

Looking at the Getaway from Cozumel

One highlight today was dinner at Le Bistro, the French restaurant. I absolutely love the way it is set up. If I have enough Internet time left on Saturday I will try to download photos of this trip—when I tried on Monday the process was just too slow.  First we had smoked salmon pate which was excellent. Then I had cream of mushroom soup which in no way resembled Campbell’s. TK has escargot. We each had filet of beef as our entrée—quite like filet mignon. Delicious. For dessert we had crème brulee, every bit as good as Bertrand’s in Erie.

Le Bistro--photo taken from inside the restaurant

Le Bistro--photo taken from one deck above the restaurant

Another highlight was tonight’s show, Legally Blonde. We have never experienced a show that lasted 1 ½ hours on a cruise ship—usually a musical is abbreviated in some way. Not this one. And I also thought the performers would be the same as the ones in Burning the Floor. Eighteen different performers! The story line follows a blonde Malibu girl (Elle) who is rejected by her boyfriend Warren. He is going off to Harvard and does not think she is good enough for him. Because of the rejection Elle decides to pursue her love for him and go to Harvard too. During the course of the musical Elle discovers she is capable of becoming a lawyer and being her own person without depending on him. In the end she rejects him.

We have seen three great shows on this cruise! The comedy was only so so.

The captain has told passengers we are going to experience windy days and maybe rough seas ahead. This ship is so big I doubt it will be affected much.

TK’s Takes: