Many thanks to both Rosalie and Bill for your suggestions. We are
going to check out the options that Rosalie mentioned for Nassau--the
Poop Deck sounds especially interesting--and we will see what
"chowhound" has to say about San Juan. Should be an interesting
website at the very least!!
Peg
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:35:04 -0400, Bill
wrote:
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>
>Peg Caldwell-Ott wrote:
>>
>> Derek and I are doing back to backs on the Norwegian Spirit from July
>> 12 to July 26. A bit extravagant for us for our usual summer voyage,
>> but we wanted to make it special for a variety of reasons, and
>> especially on one of our favorite vessels before she leaves NYC--next
>> summer she is due to take over the Majesty's routes out of Boston, so
>> we will return to Bermuda on the Dawn. We have two "late night ports"
>> during our 2 weeks-- San Juan, PR on Tuesday, July 15 from 2 pm to
>> just before midnight, and Nassau, Bahamas on Wednesday, July 23 from
>> 1:30 pm to 11pm. We also have a late night in Port Canaveral, but
>> have arranged to meet some shore side friends who are taking us to one
>> of their favorite restaurants for dinner. Does anyone have any
>> recommendations for shore side dining in either San Juan or Nassau????
>> We both like to eat good food especially seafood,, and prefer a rather
>> quiet ambiance as opposed to crowds and loud music.
>
>When we were in Old San Juan a few months ago, I noticed that at
>there were some really interesting restaurants end of the block
>with all the shopping right near the downtown pier (I don't
>recall the street name but it was parallel to the main road that
>the pier was on). I'm not sure that they would be quiet but the
>menus looked great.
>
>You might check Zagat and/or chowhound.com for informed dining
>suggestions. Chowhound has at least one thread on SJ dining and
>they have a Caribbean board.
>
>Bill |