And We Wait... Nassau
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As you know, we were hoping to leave the Bahamas for Florida last Monday, but we turned on our 6:30am weather forecast with Chris Parker and he said, and I quote, “the weather in the Bahamas will be horrendous for the foreseeable future”. Needless to say we were pretty depressed. We decided to make the best of it, after all we are in a marina - a rare luxury with hot showers and endless electricity. We made our project list and discussed what we wanted to see of Nassau. I must say the week has flown by. Glenn has completed a ton of projects that had been slated for after we returned to the States and I have been busy with lots of little odds and ends.
Wednesday we took a stroll down to the straw market, (not a great one) however it was a beautiful day. I know this is very confusing due to the fact that we are stuck here waiting on better weather, once again it does not squall all day but it is windy as all get out, blowing 25 to 30 knots. This is not a bad thing when you are touring on land as it actually keeps it much cooler.
Yesterday, we took another stroll back to Atlantis (the huge hotel, mega marina, etc, it is truly out of this world). We packed a picnic using our last can of stuffed grape leaves from the French islands and an apple and cheese.
We went to the Cloisters built in the 12 century in France and brought to the Bahamas in 1969. Wow- we really felt like we were in Europe. We had the whole garden and grounds to ourselves. It was one of those special days we will come back to many times when w
e are back at work. 
As you know, we were hoping to leave the Bahamas for Florida last Monday, but we turned on our 6:30am weather forecast with Chris Parker and he said, and I quote, “the weather in the Bahamas will be horrendous for the foreseeable future”. Needless to say we were pretty depressed. We decided to make the best of it, after all we are in a marina - a rare luxury with hot showers and endless electricity. We made our project list and discussed what we wanted to see of Nassau. I must say the week has flown by. Glenn has completed a ton of projects that had been slated for after we returned to the States and I have been busy with lots of little odds and ends.
Wednesday we took a stroll down to the straw market, (not a great one) however it was a beautiful day. I know this is very confusing due to the fact that we are stuck here waiting on better weather, once again it does not squall all day but it is windy as all get out, blowing 25 to 30 knots. This is not a bad thing when you are touring on land as it actually keeps it much cooler.
Yesterday, we took another stroll back to Atlantis (the huge hotel, mega marina, etc, it is truly out of this world). We packed a picnic using our last can of stuffed grape leaves from the French islands and an apple and cheese.
We went to the Cloisters built in the 12 century in France and brought to the Bahamas in 1969. Wow- we really felt like we were in Europe. We had the whole garden and grounds to ourselves. It was one of those special days we will come back to many times when w
e are back at work. 
posted by Glen Phillips at
Friday, May 25, 2007
