Sunday, April 2
We disembarked from the Koningsdam just after 9am, collected our luggage and went to the rental car shuttle area. Unfortunately we had to wait about 40 minutes in the sun before it came and took us to the office. After doing the paperwork we went to the car and turned our GPS on - alas it still had us in Canada from when we last used it in 2015!
We headed down the highway hoping a satellite would pick up our location, and after 5 minutes of driving it hadn't so we pulled into a Dunking Donuts store to give it some more time. Bob and Max had given us directions to their home in Melbourne so all we had to do was find the I95 North! A man gave us directions and we set off for the 2 hour drive, hoping the satellites would find us.
As we got closer to Melbourne we decided to forget the GPS and just go with the directions we'd been given, and these were all we needed to arrive at Bob and Max's home. It was great to see them again and they made us so welcome. Bobs new toy is a 1969 Pontiac GTO convertible, so to show us around Melbourne we all went for a spin in it - what a great experience and the local area is very pretty with 2 rivers nearby, lots of golf courses and some beautiful homes. This tour was a real highlight for us.
We ate in and talked and talked, and later in the evening we watched old episodes of Perry Mason. We had so much fun and it brought back memories of watching this TV show when we were kids. It was also lovely to have a home cooked meal after 21 days of cruising and to just chill out with friends as we celebrated their 50th anniversary and our 35th!
We disembarked from the Koningsdam just after 9am, collected our luggage and went to the rental car shuttle area. Unfortunately we had to wait about 40 minutes in the sun before it came and took us to the office. After doing the paperwork we went to the car and turned our GPS on - alas it still had us in Canada from when we last used it in 2015!
We headed down the highway hoping a satellite would pick up our location, and after 5 minutes of driving it hadn't so we pulled into a Dunking Donuts store to give it some more time. Bob and Max had given us directions to their home in Melbourne so all we had to do was find the I95 North! A man gave us directions and we set off for the 2 hour drive, hoping the satellites would find us.
As we got closer to Melbourne we decided to forget the GPS and just go with the directions we'd been given, and these were all we needed to arrive at Bob and Max's home. It was great to see them again and they made us so welcome. Bobs new toy is a 1969 Pontiac GTO convertible, so to show us around Melbourne we all went for a spin in it - what a great experience and the local area is very pretty with 2 rivers nearby, lots of golf courses and some beautiful homes. This tour was a real highlight for us.
We ate in and talked and talked, and later in the evening we watched old episodes of Perry Mason. We had so much fun and it brought back memories of watching this TV show when we were kids. It was also lovely to have a home cooked meal after 21 days of cruising and to just chill out with friends as we celebrated their 50th anniversary and our 35th!
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