Day 98 of 111 (4/28/19) – Day 1 of 2 at sea on the way to Aruba


Day 97 – Fort Lauderdale. Kay and Blane arrived! Yeah. We leisurely spent the day at the Galleria Mall basking in the glow of being back in the USA for a few hours. It was so great to be back in the US, on familiar ground and be greeted by the first words from our Uber driver, “No speeka da Englis, - Cuba”. Ingrid and I just smiled as we knew the Uber app had already told him where we needed to go. After a quick immersion in Starbucks, Macy’s, Dillards etc. it was back to the Pacific Princess to welcome Kay and Blane. They had already boarded, so we greeted them at the back of the ship on deck 9 overlooking Fort Lauderdale harbor. Ingrid had ordered guacamole and salsa delivered to our room and before we could even start the festivities we received a call from our real estate broker, Carol, that we received a full-price offer on our house! Nothing final yet, but it seems another piece of the master plan is falling in place. We were then able to celebrate the beautiful sail away from Fort Lauderdale with our great friends, Jan and George and Kay and Blane. What a beautiful way to end our brief re-exposure to the USA!



Next stop - Aruba.

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  1. Kim GApril 28, 2019 at 11:47 AM

    Congrats on getting an offer on your house!!! Hope all goes smoothly!

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  2. Paula CoxApril 30, 2019 at 4:15 AM

    Ingrid I know your birthday is today, Tuesday. I hope you have a great one!

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  3. Mike and DellaApril 30, 2019 at 10:25 PM

    Happy birthday Ingrid!😀

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