OK – so Key West is our last port and our last day of the
cruise. Ed has been here before but
while he was in high school, so that doesn’t really count and Barb has never
been here.
We had two cruises cancel Key West so this is the first time
we have really been here.
Again, it was about 84 when we arrived and yes, it was hot,
hot and very humid.
We had to go through US immigration as this was the first
time back in the United States and we did that on the ship before we got
off. The good news is that in Miami
tomorrow, we only have to pick up our bags and head for the airport so it
should be quick.
Key West is beautiful as 99% of the buildings are in very
good repair. Our ship docked right at
the edge of town, so when we got off, we took a 90 minute open air trolley ride
throughout Key West and saw all of the highlights.
After the train ride, we walked to Ernest Hemmingway’s home
and took a tour of it. After that, we
visited the winter White House made famous by Harry Truman and still available
as a vacation home for any President. It
was a very interesting tour as most of the furniture was original to the
home.
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| Happy, happy place |
Then we went to the Fisher Maritime Museum. Fisher was the person who spent 17 years
looking for two lost ships and finally found them yielding huge tonnages of
gold, silver and copper. It was an
interesting museum
By then and after looking into dozens of tourists shops, it was time to get back on the ship.
We packed and then went to dinner with our friends. Dinner was good and the show was a singing
trio who were pretty good, not great.
Then it was on to the casino for our last night and Barb was
even and Ed won a little. But, the good
news is that this was the largest win in a casino that we have ever had – of course
thanks to two big jackpots by Barb!!
We had a wonderful trip and met now casino friends, John and Nhu-Anne, friends of Tm and Barb and we hope they will be able to join us again. Tim and Barb we will see over new years on the new Celebrity ship, the Edge.
Tomorrow we arrive in Miami and we will be home by 5:00pm.
Night and can’t wait to see everyone. Hope all have enjoyed the blog
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| Leaving to see Key West |
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| Hemmingway's House |
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| A 6 toe cat!! |
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| Yes it was good |
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| The Trolley |
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| Our Host Iryna and Manager, Josh |
