January 7th St. Thomas US Virgin Islands

AHOY LAND!!! We are hitting our first port today, St. Thomas! I can't wait,
I could hardly sleep last night, I can't wait to get off this ship and
hit the beach! We wake up bright and early, had a nice breakfast, and
wait around for 1 to come to we can get off. Pulling into the port is
simply breathtaking. It's about 85 degrees, love it! We get off the
boat and are greeted by a most likely philippino guy because they were
about 4ft nothing, in a furry dolphin costume. I felt really bad for
them, they must be sweating profusely. We take our picture with him
and get going. There are people everywhere! There are 2 other cruise
ships in front of us. Carnival and Explorer of the seas. We heard from
both Jimmy and Ray that we should definitely head to Megan's Bay..I
was surprised there weren't that many taxis around but we spotted one,
right when another couple did. We offered to share. They were a cute
older couple from the Midwest I think. The cab driver is a really old
guy, not the nicest in the world either. But whatever, I would be mean
if I were a cab driver driving around americans all day too. I give
him a break. He brings up downtown and we say No, Megan's Bay and he
says,an "No." Whatever old man. We find another guy who is equally as
rude but he takes us to the beach. The beach has a freaking fee to get
in. Anyway for them to take our money I guess. The beach reminds me of
Miami, there are so many people there! The beach is pretty long and it
was packed. I wasn't too into it, I would rather be on an okay beach
with just a few people or even better the only people. We get some
fruity drinks and rent some floaties. The water is colder then I
expected but I got used to it fast. If I could only get paid to drink
strawberry daiquiris and float around on my floaty all day. Matt and I
floated around for 2 hours. I was well on my way to getting that
perfect tan! Our floaties also doubles as beach mats. Better then
getting sand in places you have never even seen. We bask in the sun
for about another two hours. The craziest thing happened, there was
this adorable little girl walking down the beach screaming bloody
murder! It was obvious she was lost, a girl asked her if she was lost
and wanted help and the little girl screamed "NOOOOOOO!" Even louder
than she was screaming in the first place. NOOO NOOO NOOO is all she
would say, then cry some more. I guess her parents taught her well.
Now this beach is pretty long and big, so the girl followed close
behind the toddler, eventually an older woman just swooped the little
girl up, kicking and screaming. Thank goodness her Dad finally came
and found her with her Mom sprinting behind him. I couldn't imagine
that feeling of losing your kid. It was an interesting spectacle
nonetheless. We ran into the two Jersey couples and offered them to
come with us to this place called Bushwackers on Paradise Point, so
they came along. We rode this huge trolly slash bush slash tour bus
back to downtown. This probably will get us bad karma but when we
reached the town we skipped out on the 8 bucks a person, the guy
didn't notice and there was a crowd around him..shame on us...We head
to the tram that takes you to the top of the hill where Bushwackers
is, which is 21 bucks a person! Fucking insane. But people that were
leaving said it was well worth it. So we do it. The ride was is pretty
scary, especially when there is a printed sign that says, " Do not
panic, the tram will not fall!" Now that's reassuring. We reach the
top and the view puts me in awe! We can see the whole marina, the
beaches, islands, and as far out on the horizon as it goes. There was
nothing to block your view, no trees or anything. Simply amazing, and
well worth the $42. We ordered our food which was pretty good. Matt
got a drink called the bushwacker and it was delicious, a baileys and
kahlua blended mixture with whipped cream on top, nutmeg sprinkles,
and a cherry. SOOO good! We sat up there for a good 2 hours just
taking in the view. We had until 6:30 to get back to the ship so we
got to see the sunset from up there. I took lots of pictures, but I
will never forget that view in my mind ever. TIme to head back to the
boat. We have time to take a nap before the nights festivities start.
Before we take a nap Matt calls Ray and asked about the Newlywed game
tonight, and Ray said you're in! Even though we aren't
married...engaged is close enough. I'm so excited. This should be fun!
For dinner we went to Le Bistro, a french restaurant. I have only had
french food a handful of times, a little rich for my taste. We start
out with french onion soup which I have never had and it was really
good. Also, escargot...yes...snails..and they were surprisingly tasty,
maybe because they were smothered in butter? I had the faux grau
chicken breast which was good as well and Matt had the lobster. I
liked mine better. Tonight we met a new person with connections. Suri,
an indian man who manages Le Bistro. So so nice, almost too nice but I
will take nice over mean any day! We talk to him for a while after we
finished and he ordered us 2 desserts out of nowhere, the chocolate
fondue and creme brulee. Very nice man, almost child like. Anyway, it
never hurts to know people. Now its time to head to Spinnacker Lounge
for the Newlywed game! We get there and the place is packed to the
hilt! It's the largest lounge on the boat and it is packed! Now I'm
getting nervous. The stage is all lit up with chairs and everything.
Now I'm starting to sweat. Ray says a few words to the crowd and
introduces all the couples. There are 5 couples..the first have been
married for 5 days ( which we learn later they are only bf and gf but
have dated for 4 years) us who we lie to the crowd and say we have
been married since Sept. 1st. There were 3 other older couples who
have been together 9yrs, 20yrs and 30yrs. For some reason I think the
30years couple is going to win. Please welcome Mr. and Mrs. Curry, Ray
says to the crowd. All I can do is giggle. To start off the game the
men are sent to the "secret soundproof room" and we are asked the
first questions. Oh man, the questions were hilarious. For
example...what is the first thing your husband touches when he wakes
up, and what is the strangest thing your husband has done in front of
you, naked. It was the funniest thing ever. Oh, by the way, this whole
thing was taped and played on a loop on the stateroom tvs the whole
trip and we also got a burnt dvd if anyone wants to see it, you will
pee your pants I promise you. So the men come back and try to guess
what the woman say. THis part is even funnier! So far we have zero
points! Now the girls are sent away. Thank god they had drinks waiting
in the special room, I make friends with Kelly, the other couple who
lied. She is from New Jersey, we share a shot because we both can't
believe this is happening. We are welcomed back by a very loud crowd.
I can tell we women are in for it. Some of the girls questions were
"your husband buys you a bra, what size does he get?" (I'm a 34C but I
say Matt said a 32C, but he was right and said 34C! I don't know why I
went lower, but we got 5 points for that one)and where is the craziest
place you have gotten intimate with your wife?" Matt really got me
with this one, hmm the Tram on the way down from Bushwackers! The
crowd went crazy on that one and I'm sure I was very red. Overall we
got a total of 5 points for getting half a question right, I guess Ray
felt bad for us. We head to Bliss Lounge for some drinks and meet up
with the couple from Canada, Ray, and Kelly (whose husband is already
passed out) Kelly and I dance and the boys talk. Now I know how it
feels to be a celebrity, since the Newlyweds show was so packed pretty
much everyone in the club knew who Matt and I were and came up to us
laughing and joking about the show. It was hilarious! We end up having
a late night snack with our new Canadian friends. We haven't had as
much luck with the New Yorkers, too high strung for me! The canadians
are just good people, very chill, and can keep up good and interesting
conversation. They end up being on the same floor as us but on the
other side, we say goodnight and head to bed. Tomorrow is Antigua!