What a great surprise last night. The Maitre d’Hotel, Jose Florencio shown in the center of this photo, presented a birthday cake to me and Fred Perry since we were both celebrating our birthdays. We have sailed with Jose many times on many different ships. The cake was great with only two candles for the two of us to blow out!
This morning we arrived in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands with a big change in temperature. It was 83 degrees F. at noon. Cindy and I walked around Havensight Mall in the port at Charlotte Amalie. You can sure tell that we have moved further south. Even though it was just 83 degrees the sun was very intense. Will have to put on plenty of sun screen as we continue south in the Caribbean.
We have run across many old friends on board the Ruby Princess. Beside the Maitre d’Hotel, we know the Cruise Director, Lisa Ball, The Master of the Ship Captain Tony Draper, the Captain Circle Hostess Crissy Reid, the Future Cruise Manager Kirk Alexander, and loads of wait staff.
Tonight at 6:00pm we weigh anchor and sail for our next stop St. Johns, Antigua. This small 108 square mile island was sighted by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas in 1493.
