Should have mentioned the Aussies...

We are lucky enough to be sailing with our good friends, Chris and Ian, and their two children. We first met onboard Brilliance in May 2005 (can't believe it's been that long), visited them during our post-surgery tour of Florida in May 2006, and had dinner with them in New York this past summer. Since we recently celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary and theirs is next year, we've agreed to have 20 drinks together one night. That should be an interesting evening.

Chris and Ian are marvelous dancers, and we could spend hours watching them. One of the funniest moments onboard Brilliance was when Ian tried to get me to dance. I'm not a good dancer and I'm not good at following, so it was quite comical as he tried to lead me around the floor. Thank goodness Ed was videotaping it. It was even funnier to watch than it was to participate. They are headed back to Australia in the next year or so, and I suppose I'll have to start checking airfares to the land of Oz.

We're also lucky that we are going to have dinner in San Juan with Lydia and Wilfredo, who were also on that Brilliance cruise. Lydia and I share a birthday and have kept in touch via e-mail all these years. Our last plans to meet them for dinner went awry, so we are looking forward to spending some time with them. They also happen to be terrific dancers, and Wilfredo and I share a love of good red wine. I don't think we'll be able to get them to dance during dinner, but I'm sure we'll enjoy ourselves.

Can't wait to see you all!! Now I'm starting to get excited...