Friday, November 1, 2024

Day 15 - Fort Lauderdale

 

The view from our balcony on the ship.  What a gorgeous sunrise!

Goodbye Emerald Princess
After a nice breakfast we headed to the Princess Theatre to get our last shore excursion.  Princess offers a short excursion and drop off at the airport.  Great for passengers with a late flight.  We took the Miami Airport & Fort Lauderdale Waterways Discovery Tour!

Our tour left the port at 8:30 and we drove along the beach in Fort Lauderdale ending at Las Olas drive, a trendy street for nice coffee shops, lovely stores and we were to meet at the Cheesecake Factory!  Too bad we just ate breakfast. 

After an hour on shopping and enjoying the warm temperatures, we walked to our boat tour.  It was a 90 minute tour of the waterways of Fort Lauderdale.  The boat was two stories, we stayed downstairs as it was really warm and windy and the lower floor was air conditioned.








The yachts and homes were magnificent.  We saw Dave Thomas's house, the founder of Wendy's.  The largest home on the waterway is home to a husband and wife.  It's 40,000 square feet!  

We got dropped off at the Miami airport where we easily found the Air Canada check-in and boarded a direct flight to Vancouver!  The flight was early and our luggage arrived on the flight!  It's always nice to be home even if it's cold and raining.


Starting to plan next year's vacation

With the Canadian Dollar/US Dollar exchange rate at 1.40 before the credit card surcharge, we've decided to stay in Canada next year.  W...