Day 8



Our ship, the Freedom and the Celebrity Summitt



Day 8 brought us to the island of Antigua. We had been here once before in January of 2009 so we have seen the sights on this very tiny island. It is 64 square miles with 100,000 people and a very diverse culture.

What a surprise to wake up and look outside and see the Celebrity Summit next to us. This is the ship that we will have for our next cruise and it is bigger than we thought it would be.

We were off the ship by 8am and into the town for some shopping. They have some really nice clothing shops and Ed found some shirts in a shop that he had been to before.

Barb at Hawksbill Bay Resort and going into Eden Beach



Barb bought a purse and a few other things.

Then we took the purchases back to the ship so we wouldn’t have to carry them around. The ship is just like it is parked in the town it is so close.

Then we got a taxi to take us to Hawksbill Bay Resort and one of their beaches called Eden Beach.

 The pictures show Eden Beach from the gate and it was beautiful. It is about a ½ mile beach and we just about had it all to ourselves. When we walked down the beach, there were only about 12 people on the entire beach. What an idyllic place to be.

Eden Beach



We had asked the taxi driver to come back at 2, so we had almost 4 hours on the beach. There were a lot of clouds, so we got some good sun, but not too much.

We were picked up a 2 and taken back to the port where we walked around some more and then back to the ship to have a snack and relax. What a fun day.

 The show tonight was before dinner at 7pm and it was called Jump, Jive & Wail – a really fast-paced show with lots of singing and dancing by the cast. What an amazing job they do putting on a show every night.

Ed found some shirts that he really needed!



Then it was on to dinner with our regular tablemates. One of them Bob, took a plane to Montserrat because that was one of the island in the song Key Largo and he is trying to visit all of the places mentioned in the song.

After dinner, we went to the casino and Ed had a great table and did well. The table broke up so we stopped playing and went to bed.

 Tomorrow is our last major island, Tortola and we will be going to the beach and hopefully snorkeling.

Night