{"id":13549,"date":"2024-02-04T15:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T20:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=13549"},"modified":"2024-02-04T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T20:17:11","slug":"carnival-conquest-day-7-barbados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/04\/carnival-conquest-day-7-barbados\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival Conquest Day 7 &#8211; Barbados"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_104057-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_104057-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_104057-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_104057-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_104057-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_104057-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_104057-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>On the pier in Barbados<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s port was Bridgetown <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbados\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbados\">Barbados<\/a>. We had breakfast in the buffet, as usual, and left the ship a bit late because we had a lovely chat with a Marisa, a fellow passenger from NJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The port is nearly two miles from the center to town. But Marlene and I like to walk, so we hoofed. it, with some stops in shops along the way. There was more shopping in town. Marlene got two more items of clothing. I got a snow cone. Then we walked back and split a hamburger aboard the ship while I blogged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_110550.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"13558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_110550-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_110550-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_110550-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_110550-768x1152.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_125646.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Shopping mall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_145059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"13560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_145059-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_145059-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_145059-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_145059-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_145059.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Harbor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_151250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"13561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_151250-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_151250-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_20240203_151250-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Excellent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After dinner we went to the show which featured the Conquest Rockband. This is a good band, but the sound guy absolutely destroyed the show by amplifying too much and using WAY too much bass. For the second night in a row we walked out. I filed a complaint at the customer service desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino wasn&#8217;t great and I was down over $100 at one point. But I recovered and ended the evening up $5 (down $85).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s port was Bridgetown Barbados. We had breakfast in the buffet, as usual, and left the ship a bit late because we had a lovely chat with a Marisa, a fellow passenger from NJ. The port is nearly two miles from the center to town. But Marlene and I like to walk, so we hoofed. &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/04\/carnival-conquest-day-7-barbados\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caribbean","category-cruise"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1VniU-3wx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13563,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13549\/revisions\/13563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}