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January 6th to 13th of 2008 was our Fourth and Final  "Quilting Retreat at Sea" 

We had a wonderful time both on board the ship and in our ports of call. And full credit goes to Lidia for her organizational skills, patience and dedication.

The Retreat at Sea is on The Mariner of the Seas, a ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet. We cruised the Caribbean Sea for seven nights with stops at San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. and St Maarten, NA

During the three  days we spent at sea we had delightful classes with Annette Ornelas. Building the Mexican Stars and Tulip Dance. These quilts can be seen on her web site at www.southwindquilts.com .

I have assembled a collection of photographs from the trip. Feel free to download any you want and send us any photos you have that you would like to see added to this page.

Thank you.

  Vince Froehler

Want to go cruising? Lori's Country Cottage is taking over from us and the next cruise is in January 2009. 

Call Lori for details at 780-464-9697 or email to loriscountrycottage@shaw.ca

Visit Lori's web site at www.loriscountrycottage.com 

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Pre-cruise meeting

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Pre-cruise meeting

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What we left behind

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Arrival in Orlando

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Late Arrivals

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Pre-cruise breakfast at the bar

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Where's the bus?

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We're going cruisin!

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Special Ride

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Teacher gets a special ride

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The Ship

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It's all about the Ladies!

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Leaving Port Canaveral

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First night out

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Activities on deck

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The Crest

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Finally underway

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Part of the gang

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Would you believe three of these girls are sisters?

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The Centrum

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Setting up for class

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The Royal Promenade

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Tye's Birthday,finally 21?

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Part of the gang

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Mariner at night

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Captains address

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Cocktail Party

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Cocktail Party

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Cruise ship canyon

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The Water was amazing

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Scuba class

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Robbi goes diving

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Vince goes diving

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Chris & Lidia with the Captain

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Our waiter

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Workshop

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A special visitor

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Gwen Hard at work

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The best sewing machine in the whole place

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First one finished

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Lidia & Noni

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The famous "Shopper's Haven"

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From the Viking Crown Lounge

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18 holes in the ship

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Russian Ice Show on deck 1

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Ironing board art

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The kids had a ball

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Beatles tribute band was amazing!