we made it

Yes we made it and here we are on board the MV Explorer, a beautiful ship which is rocking gently off Miami at this moment. It has been difficult to get access to hotmail and this blog site so here we go. The flight down was superb with lot of assistance. we just sailed through customs, George being wheeled in a wheel chair, no luggage weighed at all,(and we were well into excess), first on to the plane and met in Miami and again wheel chaired. After a hefty tip got a porter to get all our baggage off the carousel and find us a cab. (very comfy , obviously the Haitian mafia working!)We had booked ourselves into the Chelsea a lovely little hotel right in the middle of South Beach's Art Decco district. Stunning. We walked in warm sunshine along the beach and under the palm trees.....aaah! After the very sub zero temperatures in Toronto this was fantastic!

We boarded the next day at 1 pm with help from students and staff, very smooth. The ship is gorgeous: we have a cabin with a huge king (?) sized bed and a balcony. Lots of storage and hangers etc A bathroom en suite with a bath and shower. really nice,

We seem to have endless meetings and I realise that life is going to be hectic but great fun....it will certainly be a culture shock when 700 students board at Nassau. I loved watching the tug take us away from the quay last night and steer us out to sea. But then we stopped and here we still are but leaving after boat drill at 4 pm for Nassau.

Off to another meeting! May add more later or tomorrow.