Honeymoon - Day 4

Today we arrived at Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian Cruise Line’s private island in the Bahamas.  Jonathan and I had snorkel tickets for the island but decided not to use them and have a lounge day on the boat.  We slept in a little while then woke up to go get breakfast at Crossings.  I had buttermilk pancakes and hash browns; Jonathan had biscuits and gravy with cinnamon French toast and sausage.  After some tea and croissants we headed back to the room and changed into our swimsuits to get some sun up on the pool deck.

 

We found a shady spot that overlooked Great Stirrup Cay, so we pulled some lounge chairs back and hopped into the pool.  We got out a while later to air dry, ordered another “Cool Running” fruity drink then back into the pool we went.  We got out again, dried off, then headed to the Garden Café for buffet lunch.  The buffet was not very appetizing so we went back to our room and changed so we could go to a sit down lunch.  Once we got back to our room we looked at our newsletter and noticed that the buffet was the only thing open for lunch, so room service it was!  We ordered a cheese pizza with a slice of NY Cheesecake for me and Chocolate cake for Jonathan.

After our eatings, we watched a movie on the cruise TV in our room then took a short nap.  Once we woke up we went back up to the pool deck for the 4th of July festivities and ice carving demo.  We all tried to guess what it would be beforehand and Jonathan and I guess right, a bald eagle!  The carver did a great job, but the bald eagle had a slight runny nose because of the excessive heat and sun!  After that we sat at the bar and listened to the music from the band, ordered the “Red, White, and Blue” drink of the day, then headed to dinner.  Tonight’s dinner was not very good, the food was too salty and the meat was “grizzy” as Jonathan called it.  

We took dessert back to our room and headed up for the evening entertainment, Newlywed and Not-So Newlywed Game Show hosted by the cruise director, Candi.  Jonathan and I were up against 5 other honeymoon couples to get on the show, but got beat out in a kissing competition…c’mon Jonathan!!  While we did not get picked the show was completely funny and hilarious!  After the show we purchased some pictures from the photo gallery and headed back to the room for the night.  Next stop: Nassau (aka….SHOPPING!!)