Approaching Nassau in the morning.

Nassau's main street, Bay Street, is full of high-end stores and boutiques. Jewellery, watches, cosmetics, bags.... 

 I did buy something starting with G...

Local policemen.

The town of Nassau.

Shells of queen conch.

This is how conch looks on the plate.

Conch fritters are my favourites!

Had them for lunch in Nassau.

Atlantis on Paradise Island.

Been there once so skipped going there this time. 

Still in use?

Norwegian Sky looks pretty small beside Oasis of the Seas...

There were 5 cruise ships at Nassau port at the same time,

which makes over 10.000 guests on the streets of the town.

Mick Jagger's???

Dinner at French restaurant Le Bistro.

Menu:

Asparagus with orange hollandaise and mushrooms

Lobster in butter sauce with artichoke and potato

Vanilla creme brûlée

Wine:

Pouilly Fuisse

Beautiful Versace plates!

Towel art in the stateroom.

Cute bunny & penguin.

On Monday morning after breakfast it was time to say goodbye

to Norwegian Sky and go back to sunny South Beach.

Great Stirrup Cay

Morning view: just the ocean.
Sunrise at 6.30.

Perfect start to the day.

Several options for having breakfast onboard.

Our choice was Crossing on deck 5,

as I prefer to be seated and served to the table rather than queueing for a buffet.

Tender boats were used to transport guests to & from shore

as the port of Great Stirrup Cay is not big enough 

for a cruise ship.

A day on Great Stirrup Cay.

It's a 250-acre private island which Norwegian Cruise Line 

bought in 1977.

There was plenty of time to enjoy the white sandy beaches,

the ship set sail at 5pm. 

Took the tender back to the ship earlier to have a lunch onboard.

There's a buffet at Great Outdoor Cafe on deck 11.  

At 4pm it was time to have a pedicure at Mandara Spa.

Very relaxing!

Dinner at Cagney's Steakhouse.

Menu:

Crab cakes with avocado

Fillet mignon with lobster tail and baked potato

Raspberry creme brûlée

Chateau Ste Michelle Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington

Fantastic!

Cruise Like Norwegian

 Decided to go for a short cruise last weekend. 

Booked the tickets just couple of days before the embarkation.

Got a nice deal for Norwegian Sky leaving 

from Miami on Friday evening, 

going to Stirrup Cay and Nassau in the Bahamas 

and coming back to Miami on Monday morning. 

Views from the ship in Miami.

 Dark clouds covering the sky.

 A thundering rain shower.

 The rain didn't last long. It stopped before departure.

The ship was supposed to leave at 5pm, 

but there was a group of 40 persons flying from Toronto 

and as the weather up there was pretty snowy their plane was late

and the Swedish captain was kind enough to wait for them.

 Our cabin 8079.

 Some pics of the interior of Norwegian Sky.

 Booked a table at Italian restaurant Il Adagio.

Menu:

Bruschetta with anchovy

Half portion of asparagus & shrimp risotto

Grilled shrimps with vegetable rice

All with house wine which was Chardonnay.

The food was much better than had expected! 

Good night Miami!

On Saturday it will be a day on Stirrup Cay.

Silja Galaxy

Dinner at Happy Lobster

with executive company

.

Gaspacho with mint

.

Seafood plate for 2

- that needs time to eat -

it's huge
.

Blueberry ice cream & white chocolate cake

- fantastic!
.
Sorry, no more pics of Galaxy!

- went to see the midnight show

"Trip to Brazil"

-skilled acrobatic dancing

.

Tax free cosmetic shop was very nice...

.

Silja Europe

Last Saturday flew from Budapest to Turku

by Wizzair

- took a ferry from Turku to Stockholm

.

Dinner onboard (Silja Europe)

A table at Maxim's was reserved

.

Toast Skagen

- delicious!

- balsamico was a bit strange choice,

too strong with the delicate shrimps

.

There was also a gorgeous hors d'oeuvre table...
.

Grilled prawns & St Jacob's mussels

with rice & peas

- ok, the sauce was too heavy

and the portion was quite huge
.

Vanilla ice cream, berries and

caramel custard

- fantastic!

Huge dessert table!

Unfortunately couldn't taste all the sweet things there...
.

Very handy!

- 4 cases of beer with a trolley
.
And if 4 cases is not enough
there're also bigger ones!
.
Saturday night was not the most
comfortable & relaxing time to travel
everyone was partying
.