Here's Freja enjoying the swimming pool at our hotel – the Holiday Inn Busch Gardens. It was sunny and 72 degrees that day (Saturday Jan 22) – a lot better than the "winter wallop" that the East coast was feeling at the time.

Imagine an entire museum dedicated to everyone's favorite surrealist. They made me check my bag at the door, so poor Freja didn't get to see anything more than the gift shop, but she was there in spirit, I suppose.

Salvador Dali Museum
St. Petersburg, FL

Extending into the bay you'll find The Pier; an upside-down pyramid shaped building that houses restaurants, gift shops, and an aquarium.

Overlooking a sailing ship moored outside.

According to their Web site, "Fort De Soto is located in the southwest corner of Mullet Key, at the entrance to Tampa Bay. The entire island is now Fort De Soto Park, a Pinellas county park which offers fine beaches, fishing, nature trails, camping, boating, and much more."

Hey, at least the sign didn't say "no weasels."

Overlooking Tampa Bay from the driftwood.

Located on the Gulf of Mexico, we arrived shortly before sunset on this spectacular white sand beach.

Freja & the beans and several hundred seashells.

You can find lots of info on the Miracle on the Carnival Web site – she's in the "Spirit" class of ships, and had her first cruise about a year ago. She's currently in Jacksonville, FL, serving as a floating hotel for this year's Super Bowl, but she'll back to her usual 7 night cruises out of Tampa. Here, Freya is riding on top of Horatio Hornblower in his Lido deck restaurant (buffet).

Gambling away our life savings in Mr. Lucky's casino.

The "I'm king of the world!" pose from the bow of the ship. The land out front is Grand Cayman.

Sunset over Cozumel.

Watch your step when going out onto the balcony – otherwise you'll trip and fall overboard.

Overlooking the "funnel deck", also known as the topless deck. We risked getting caught to bring you this photo (fortunately it was about 5 minutes after sunrise – no security guards, no angry topless women.)

Every night we'd come back to our cabin and the room steward would've posed Freja in a different position with the towel critters.

Following our safety instructions to a t!