Popquiz: from what movie is the quote: “When life is over, all you can hope is, that you’re sitting on a boat with all the pleasant people from your life, having boat drinks.” Well, you will have to look for the answer at the rest of this blog; otherwise it would be too easy. The reason I brought it up though, is because in December I will be having “boat drinks”: my girlfriend and me booked a carribean cruise. That’s right folks. Most people take a cruise after they retire and are in their sixties, but we decided to take one now. Afterall: why postpone on nice things? So we will leave on a Sunday for a 6 night Southern Carribean Cruise on “The Jewel of the Seas” with Royal Carribean International.
The cruise takes us on a nice route through the Carribean area. It starts at Ft. Lauderdale and takes us to Key West, Florida. After that we set sail to Cozumel in Mexico, where we also will visit Costa Maya. After that we sail back via George Town, the Grand Cayman islands, around Cuba back to Florida. The ship looks great: it’s huge, almost like a floating city. By the looks of it and what I read it is supposed to be a gem. Although some reviews about the food etc. are mixed (but I guess you can’t please everyone). There are many trips and excursions you can take. We definately want to have a try at diving and also visiting the Maya ruins in Cozumel.
Anyway: by the time it is December I’m sure I’m more than ready to go: the next few months will be really busy at my work and I’m sure I am ready to relax and go with the flow.
Answer: it is from Things to do in Denver when you’re dead (1995). It is a great movie featuring some of my favorite actors, including Andy Garcia, William Forsythe, Steve Buscemi and Christopher Walken. You should see it if you haven’t. One of the characters that narrates the film says at one point:
“Boat drinks. It’s a common toast in prison. An ideal. At the and of a long bad life they eh, think about cabin cruises somewhere in the Florida Keys; having boat drinks.”