Semi-Live: Venezia Labor Day Cruise 8/31-9/7

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3 hours ago, Crusin Karen said:

LOVED the video of your excursion return. I’ve had more than my fair share of rum swizzles at the Swizzle Inn in Hamilton and I can attest to the behavior! 👏👍🤗 Glad you found your shirt! Hope DH is feeling better. 

It was so fun. I felt like we were much closer to the ship than shown in the video. So many people on their balconies were dancing along with us!
 

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1 hour ago, #Bluesea said:

Following along on your adventure! We will be sailing on the Venezia in May!

Exciting! Let me know if you have any questions. I’m happy to provide info. 

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26 minutes ago, Andoria said:

It's been a couple of years since I've sailed Carnival but I will be on this ship in November. I'm bummed about the little cake slices. 

Did you take a yoga class? My cruise will be 9 days long and I will be crippled by the end if I don't do yoga.

I agree about the cake slices. They still taste really good once you get over their appearance. Hey good things come in small packages, right?

 

I have no taken yoga yet. They do offer a free morning stretch class on the Lido at 7 am.

 

My room steward’s name is Yoga, does that count?

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Celebration beer was accompanied by lunch. DH decided to stay on ship while I checked out the beaches. 
 

I walked to th shuttles for the beach and boarded at 2:19 pm  

 

 

after a few minutes about 6 more people joined me and we set off. 

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Horseshoe Bay

 

The water and pink sand

 

 

 

Chairs and umbrellas are available. Some of the chairs were inflatable. 

 

Cute cove to the left. 

 

 

 

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There is some wave action at Horseshoe. These kids were doing well on their boogie boards. 

 

I wanted to try the trail that leads between Horseshoe and Warwick Long Beach. 
 

 

 

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After a hike up the hill, I came to another cove. 
 

 

The first opening down is very steep and rocky so I kept going.

 

This access point is much more manageable  I walked down to the beach  

 

 

 

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I found shade near the cliffs and set my backpack down. 

 

Around the corner was another small cove. 

 

Friends on the rocks. Does anyone know what these are?

 

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Hidden beach area

 

 

 

I got in the water and floated around. It was the perfect temp. 

 

Nice shady area with a view of the water. I stayed here about 20 minutes but wanted to see what else I could find. 

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Over the hill and through the woods to Warwick Bay. 
 

 

 

I crossed paths with a couple that wanted to know the way to Horseshoe Beach. I gave them detailed directions and asked how to get to Warwick. They pointed behind them. 
 

This is not the path. 

 

Look for the pink buildings which has bathrooms and the leafy tunnel. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If you hear noises in the woods, it’s probably chickens. 
 

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Next beach area.

 

 

 There is a cove to the left 

 

 

and one to the right 

 

 

The right one was empty so I went that way. 

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I found more sea creatures on the rocks. I guess the tide gets pretty high here. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was a limestone shelf to walk out on. 
 

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I walked out 

 

 

And saw dark blobs that ended up being parrotfish 

 

 

 

Looking back you can see the shallow shelf. 

 

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I left this area and reapplied sunscreen. The shuttle driver said the Bermuda water is very salty and exacerbates sunburns. 
 

 

A short walk up the path lead to this cute cove. I think this is Jobson’s Cove. 
 

 

 

Thia felt like a private swimming pool. It was calm and cool. A few other people there but not many. You could swim out past the rocks but I stayed in the cove. 
 

I think you could spend a few hours here. 

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After 20 minutes or so, I moved on. I needed to make it back to the ship before DH started to worry!!

 

Headed east again to Warwick Ling Beach

 

 

 

This beach looks very similar to Horseshoe Bay but less crowded because they don’t have services like beach chairs or food. Just as pretty!!

 

One more walk up a hill

 

 

Saw some baby chickens

 

 

 

 

 

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I was looking for the bus stop. Thankfully it was about 100 yards from the top of the hill. 
 

The bus came fairly quickly but it was standing room only all the way back to Dockyard. 
 

 

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DH is feeling better. We had pizza for dinner and caught the Broadway Beats show. 
 

 

Our seats in the balcony

 

The show 

 

 

 

 

MarQ ready for 80s night 

 

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Fun times for today

 

funtimes5.pdf

 

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Morning latte

 

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We plan to take the ferry to Hamilton, spend a few hours, then head back for the Cruise Critic meet and greet. 
 

@ninjacat123 and @Jamman54

1:00 or 1:30 pm? At the Frog and Onion

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11 minutes ago, TravelE said:

We plan to take the ferry to Hamilton, spend a few hours, then head back for the Cruise Critic meet and greet. 
 

@ninjacat123 and @Jamman54

1:00 or 1:30 pm? At the Frog and Onion

I think 1:00? At F&O👍

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9 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

I think 1:00? At F&O👍

Your ship has come in

 

 

[Jamman54]

23 minutes ago, TravelE said:

We plan to take the ferry to Hamilton, spend a few hours, then head back for the Cruise Critic meet and greet. 
 

@ninjacat123 and @Jamman54

1:00 or 1:30 pm? At the Frog and Onion

 

11 minutes ago, ninjacat123 said:

I think 1:00? At F&O👍

Yep, 1pm. See you there! 😃

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The Oceana Insignia coming in to Hamilton