Nadines Travel Blog

Today we did an Everglades airboat ride at Sawgrass Recreational Park in Weston Florida.   It's always been something that Darren and I have wanted to do. The couple that was with us - Sandra and Jimmy, it was on Sandra's bucket list.  Sandra was super pumped to go.   On our way to Weston Florida, we had to detour because a semi had overturned on the highway and they shut the only overpass down and it was the way to get us there.  The detour took an extra 35 minutes. They gave us our wristband and our earplugs which were much appreciated.   The airboat is extremely loud.  We got on board and lucked out and got front-row seats.  We were on the boat for a 30-minute ride and we were told that we may or may not see alligators.  We did spot two that we stopped and took pictures of and I'm sure we glided over another thousand.  To the right is a large gator.   We saw different birds everything from an osprey to a blue heron which flew away and is such an amazingly Big Bird.    Ou

Celebrity Beyond was a very nice ship and she debuted last year.  The ship is beautiful and designed very well.  We have sailed with Celebrity a couple of times before so we knew what level of luxury to expect.  We had an inside cabin on deck 11 Sailing departure day is always exciting for us!! Celebrity beyond is the first ship that we have sailed with a female captain.  Captain Kate is the first captain of any large cruise ship.  She did a great job and actually had a personality unlike many of the Captains that we have sailed with. This cruiseship was great, there was not a lot to complain about but a few things stick in my brain.  This was our first experience with Starlink which is Elon Musk's baby and so far we are not impressed.  The internet was very slow and most of the time was not working well.  One whole morning we were without any Internet activity, this is unacceptable because we bought a Wifi package or it was part of our perks deal which is the same thing.  The food