come Cruising with me

Last week my husband and I went our first ever cruise. It was to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary (which was in august but that seemed a silly time to cruise). This was a real vacation we started in Miami, headed to Cozumel and Key West and then back to Miami (mon-friday). I did take my camera but I left in the room a fair amount and just tried to enjoy the time we had together. Work has been stressful and the winter has been hard so it was so nice to step off of the plane in Miami and feel the warmth and smell plants growing. You forget how barren of smells winter is.

Downtown Miami was much cleaner then I anticipated.
a 3 shot pano of the harbour:
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harbour by bambe1964, on Flickr

Ed and I enjoyed a stroll around the waterfront and eating outside.
this is Freedom Tower at sunset:
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freedom tower at sunset by bambe1964, on Flickr

a close up of the door:
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freedom tower door by bambe1964, on Flickr
the next day we headed to the terminal:
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terminal by bambe1964, on Flickr

I'll bore you later with more photos of our trip.

Happy Anniversary (belated). I love the door - great colours in that photo! I will have to live vicariously through your photos as I'm still stuck up here in a cold Canadian winter!!!!!

Some nice images there, Bambi. Congrats on the anniversary!

It's a good trip, Randitola... I've been living vicariously through her images as well :)

Congrat's firstly on your Anniversary Bambi.
Lovely images. That pano is beautiful, and the door shot is so nicely detailed. Actually, so much clarity on both.
The terminal shot is just perfectly composed, and oh so interesting.
Very well done on all, can't pick a fav. actually as like them all so much. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to more.

thank you guys. the nice thing about taking photos is that I can relive it as well.
These were taken as we pulled out of Miami

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miami skyline by bambe1964, on Flickr

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southpoint miami by bambe1964, on Flickr

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miami beach by bambe1964, on Flickr

our escort out:
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coast guard by bambe1964, on Flickr

time to start relaxing
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sail away by bambe1964, on Flickr

I love that Freedom Tower Door shot. Beautiful.
Rest are nice too, but that's my fav!

belated congrats on your anniversary as well, Bambi. Nice to see some folks make it for longer than a couple of years together. Wife and I will be married 37 years this fall. And great shots to boot. Love the "sail away" shot. Just great. Having said this: I see the big cruise ships here in Kona and in Hilo, and I am thinking|: you could not get me on one of those if you dragged me on it. Then again, it is most likely very relaxing, cause you are catered to all hours of the day. And it gives you opportunity to view the world from a different angle. Your panos are very nicely done as well, btw.

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Originally Posted by Matt K.

belated congrats on your anniversary as well, Bambi. Nice to see some folks make it for longer than a couple of years together. Wife and I will be married 37 years this fall. And great shots to boot. Love the "sail away" shot. Just great. Having said this: I see the big cruise ships here in Kona and in Hilo, and I am thinking|: you could not get me on one of those if you dragged me on it. Then again, it is most likely very relaxing, cause you are catered to all hours of the day. And it gives you opportunity to view the world from a different angle. Your panos are very nicely done as well, btw.

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thank you.
We were not sure if we were 'cruise people'. I did enjoy a lot about it- the not having to worry about transportation from one spot to another, or where we were going to eat. I would go again but part of me really wants to go on a European river cruise.

Here's some of the first night's sunset:
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sunset by bambe1964, on Flickr

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sunset by bambe1964, on Flickr

after a day at sea we landed at Cozumel- a small island off the coast of Mexico. I would return there in a heartbeat. Here's the boat at dock:
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ship at cozumel dock by bambe1964, on Flickr

Congrats on your anniversary. Looks like you had a wonderful trip.

Looks like a lovely holiday. Thanks for taking us along. Happy Anniversary too

Loving them all but just a couple of specific comments

#2 - that sky is quite amazing
#4 - well seen and nicely composed. I like your imagination here
Really liking the scenes of Miami- these type of shots can often be boring to me, but not yours- you have nailed them
Dig the perspective of the ship in port.

Keep em coming