Jane is taking care of business back in Florida and I am doing my best to stay occupied here while she is away. My old school buddy from Ireland picked me up at 1pm and we had lunch and watched the Manchester United soccer match live from England. I am sure our old pal Achie was glued to his set in England if indeed he was not at the match. Way to go team, great win.
My friends, Ian and Rene, picked me up again at 8pm and we drove over to Paradise Island. Wow, what a place. You could smell
and taste money the minute you crossed the bridge to the island. I have seen many large private yachts in the past several years but the collection moored in the marina there was beyond belief. Of course they were all stern in to the dock so you had a full view of all the luxury on board. They really were an awesome sight. After having a bite to eat we went on a grand tour. The Junkanoo parade was just getting underway and of course we joined in the festivities and went along with the flow. This is just a small example of the real festival that is held on the islands a few times a year. The 
costumes are awesome a
s you will see in my pictures.
I had never been in a real casino before and I was blown away with the size and the action at the tables and machines. One look at the stores surrounding the casino and you know that money flows like water there. You have to be careful walking through the casino because all the eye candy sprinkled around can distract you and you could easily stumble or bump into people!! After passing through the casino we went on an undersea fantasy walk through the ruins of Atlantis. I think they outdid Disney with this entire complex. By the way for my friends up north there was a man making Cuban cigars right in the store in the casino. They seem to be reasonable ranging in price from $15 to $25 for the hand rolled ones on the table. I am sure there were much more expensive ones in the surrounding glass cases and storage room.
What a contrast to what we have experienced throughout the islands for the past few months, in fact what a contrast from one side of the bridge to the other right here in Nassau.
My friends, Ian and Rene, picked me up again at 8pm and we drove over to Paradise Island. Wow, what a place. You could smell
and taste money the minute you crossed the bridge to the island. I have seen many large private yachts in the past several years but the collection moored in the marina there was beyond belief. Of course they were all stern in to the dock so you had a full view of all the luxury on board. They really were an awesome sight. After having a bite to eat we went on a grand tour. The Junkanoo parade was just getting underway and of course we joined in the festivities and went along with the flow. This is just a small example of the real festival that is held on the islands a few times a year. The 
costumes are awesome a
s you will see in my pictures.I had never been in a real casino before and I was blown away with the size and the action at the tables and machines. One look at the stores surrounding the casino and you know that money flows like water there. You have to be careful walking through the casino because all the eye candy sprinkled around can distract you and you could easily stumble or bump into people!! After passing through the casino we went on an undersea fantasy walk through the ruins of Atlantis. I think they outdid Disney with this entire complex. By the way for my friends up north there was a man making Cuban cigars right in the store in the casino. They seem to be reasonable ranging in price from $15 to $25 for the hand rolled ones on the table. I am sure there were much more expensive ones in the surrounding glass cases and storage room.
What a contrast to what we have experienced throughout the islands for the past few months, in fact what a contrast from one side of the bridge to the other right here in Nassau.
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Yes! Pat was watching the match at home. He's looking anxiously towards the match on Saturday. A must win game against Chelsea. He is driving down to Heathrow early on Saturday morning to pick up Ryan and Katy so it will be a full house here over the Easter weekend. We are having all the family here on Easter Sunday. It's been over two years since we have all been together! Really looking forwards to it, even though I'll probably spend a lot of my time in the kitchen!
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