Day 5: Debarkation Day and NOLA

 My last recap post is here. 

CAN YOU FLIPPIN' BELIEVE IT!?!

Only two months late

and only spanning three months

and two years.

SHIZZAH!

If you need to get caught up,

check out the rest of my posts below:

NOLA Night and Day One

Ghost Tour and Night Two

New Orleans Day Three: Sissys Arrive

New Orleans Day Four: GAME DAY

New Orleans Day Five: Cruise Night One

Cruise Day One: Day At Sea

Cruise Day Two: Excursion Progreso, Mexico

Cruise Day Three: Excursion Cozumel, Mexico

Cruise Day Four: Day at Sea

Holy guacamole, that's a lot of recaps

and that's a lot of fun memories to read. 

If you've made it through them all,

thank you for reading,

I truly applaud you! :)

Now, on to the last day on the boat 

and our last day in New Orleans. 

We were up around 7ish to get dressed,

and clear out our room.

Since we packed up everything the night before,

packing the rest was easy peasy

and we were at the buffet around 8:00am.

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh, our last morning at the buffet.

Our last morning stuffing our faces :(!

We were able to eat leisurely since our 

debarkation group was number 12 

and they were only at two when we 

arrived at the buffet.

While we were waiting I coerced

C into filming some recap videos.

I wish I could post them,

but I need to respect his privacy.

Once our group was called we debarked 

found our luggage, patiently waiting in a neat pile

and then went to find transportation. 

C and I decided to stay an extra night in NOLA,

because there was a $200 airline difference

to fly out Saturday versus waiting until Sunday.

Our hotel was outside of the French Quarter

and since we didn't want to lug around our luggage

we found a service that would take the luggage to our hotel

and then charter a van to pick us up downtown.

The only thing either of us wanted to do in NOLA 

on Saturday, was tour the WW2 museum.

Many of our teammates toured the museum 

earlier in the week and they said it was amazing. 

We hopped a trolley to the museum 

and promptly walked into the wrong building.

Fate was on my side, because C bought 2 

of my Christmas presents there and I LOVE THEM.

An old fashioned beautiful pink flowery apron

AND

a vintage 1940s style dress

Ignore the socks and the hair please.

IN LOVE!

I can't wait to wear it on a date with my man.

Once we found the ACTUAL museum,

we began our adventure. 

I wish we could have taken pictures,

because this museum was hands down

one of the best I've ever been too.

AND I LIVE RIGHT OUTSIDE 

WASHINGTON DC!

Y'all we spent

FOUR HOURS in the museum.

FOUR!

And neither of us were wanting to leave,

while the other wanted to stay.

We walked in tandem almost

the whole time.  

Our countries history is amazing,

and the Greatest Generation

is nothing short of 

the GREATEST GENERATION.

We ate lunch in the diner 

and then walked back to 

the trolley station.

The ride on the trolley was just 

what we needed after being on our

feet for so long. 

Our van ended up being in the area

and hour early which was perfect timing. 

We were in a van with two other cruise couples

and it was fun chatting about all

of our cruise experiences. 

One couple did a Royal Caribbean cruise

to Europe and I've decided

THAT IS WHAT I want to save for one day.

 

The hotel was about 20 minutes away,

right next to the airport

and even though the outside looked sketchy

it was very well run and super clean. 

The concierge was extremely helpful

and guided us to a fabulous 

restaurant establishment a few miles away. 

A free shuttle service was provided,

so C, myself and another couple

rode over to this amazing BBQ place. 

After we ate our fill, we arrived back at the hotel,

repacked our stuff for the airport,

watched some football and passed out.

Our flight was at 6am the next morning

so we had to be up really early. 

The flight was overbooked

and we ALMOST took the later flight,

with vouchers, but we wouldn't

have arrived home until 5pm

and we both wanted to make it hope

with time to actually unpack.

 

After two seeminly easy flights,

we were back home in DC.

VACATION OVAH!

 

This vacation was one of the most wonderful

experiences of my life.

I was with friends, family and the love of my life.

 

Cruises are amazing if you do them right.

I can't wait to cruise on a bigger boat,

with more selections,

and a warmer climate :)!

 

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh,

I wanna go back.