35 years ... and counting

Thanks to SRQ and JRQ, we were able to spend our 35th wedding anniversary in exotic Nassau, the capital city of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.  They provided us with 5 wonderful days at the Sheraton on Cable Beach.  Here is the view from our 9th floor balcony.

Can you say spectacular?

We arrived on January 1st and got to vicariously enjoy the annual Junkanoo celebration (a cross between Mardi Gras and Carnival) that started at midnight and ended at noon the next day.   Here is the parade at about 2 am.

 Groups of hundreds compete for prizes.  The competition is fierce.  As luck would have it, we got to witness the awards presentation (and celebration) at the City Park which was across the street from the The Fish Fry ... an eclectic collection of funky locally owned restaurants. We ate there twice and can strongly recommend Oh Andros where we made new friends

and ate the best Spicy Grilled Grouper (with peas and rice) ever!  The guava duff was spectacular too.  Oh yes, Helen is still talking about Sky Juice. 

We also walked historic downtown Nassau, visited the 214 year old public library (and museum) ...

gawked at massive cruise ships 

and walked the giant bridge to Paradise Island for a short visit to Atlantis.

But mostly, we got to enjoy the super friendly nature of the Bahamian people, soak up their culture ...

and do nothing ... except for enjoying each other and 35 years of marriage.

Happy Anniversary Helen.