Written on Thursday 7/18/13
What a busy and fantastic day! We got a late jet-lagged
start, but who cares? We’re on vacation. I redeemed myself in the Spanish
category by helping Mike order an iced coffee café frio & throwing
around an exceptional amount of holas and mucho gracias(es). After bustling
around Barcelona-beautiful buildings, nice people, yummy gelato-we caught a cab
for the port. We boarded our ship “The Serenade of the Seas” early in the
afternoon and got right to exploring!
Madison and I are curled up in bed trying to pick through
the day’s excitement in order to make this blog “the-opposite-of-boring”, but
when we get down to the dirty details our day really consisted of walking up
and down many flights of stairs, checking out all the different places we might
want to visit in the future, (such as the rock wall, waterslide, arcade, shops,
fitness center, mini-golf course and pools). The rest of our time was spent
well, eating. Eating and eating. And then eating some more.
Our ship set sail around 5:00. We went out on the deck to
wave at the crowds gathered at the pier just like on the Love Boat. Well, there
weren’t crowds per se, but there was a young boy clad in fluorescent green with
his mom in a semi-abandoned parking lot. They had binoculars and were waving
like crazy. I’m not sure who they were waving to, but I am guessing it was me.
Speaking of waving, our stateroom, on the 10th
floor, is in view of the Bridge. When we were out on our deck earlier Max waved
at the captain and the Captain waved back. So, that was pretty exciting. At
least to us. Maybe you landlubbers don’t think it’s a big deal, but umm, it is.
So there.
Our stateroom is COZY with limited walking space. I am
absolutely not complaining though, at least not today, maybe by day eleven of
the cruise our close quarters and the unfortunate smell of sweaty feet will
change my attitude, but for now it’s all good. Mike and I have a queen size
bed, Madison had a sofa bed and Max is in a bunk above us, his bed actually
comes out of the ceiling! Maddee wants to put in her two cents here and let you
know that she and Max will actually be switching beds each night. They have a
rotation worked out. I think they intend to put Mike and me in the rotation as
well, but it’s not happening. That’s right cute girl leaning on my shoulder as
I type, it’s not happening. J
Well it’s getting late and we are heading into the French
countryside in the morning. I plan to make Mrs. Mahoney and my other high
school French teachers proud tomorrow with my expert ability to parler
Francais. (un peu).
Adios! I mean Au Revoir.
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