125.   This year Sandra and I embarked on our first international & proper vacation and booked a 7-day Caribbean Cruise on the Carnival Valor!

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121.   The cruise was out of Miami and keeping to a fist time vacation budget we flew in the day before we were set to sail, which would give us a buffer for flight delays and a little time to hit the outlet malls.

120.   The first day of the Cruise was Sunday, we used the complimentary hotel shuttle to the Miami Cruise Terminal and boarded around noon.

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107.   Hard to believe but Sandra managed to track down a game of bingo even at sea!

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86.   Day two of the cruise was a Sea Day as we sailed to our first port scheduled for the following morning.

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80.   Day 3 was our first Port of Call, Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands.

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