Island Hopping Through The West Indies
Scott has long wanted to go on a Caribbean-island vacation, but to which island? He found a Viking Ocean cruise to ten of them, and we decided that would be as good a way as any to do an initial reconnaissance. We booked a December cruise. Since his teaching schedule gives him a break then and we have no immediate family to spend the holidays with, this has been a favorite travel time of ours for several years. We convinced our good friends Monica and Loren to spend Christmas in the Caribbean with us after having had so much fun together last year on our Rhine Christmas Markets river cruise. The old fort Our cruise began and ended in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where we had booked a walking tour of the old town and fort. Unfortunately, Monica and Loren had flight problems and missed that first day. To add insult to injury, Monica’s suitcase didn’t arrive. In fact, it didn’t catch up with the ship until the last two days of our cruise. C...