Sunday May 3, 2009
8:20 PM
We are in Barcelona and trying to get breakfast up- here in the Lido but it is a very crowded space again. We will wait for the Snows and try to get out here and on shore by 10.
It is sunny and temperature should be in mid 70’s.
Yesterday was a sea day and we had a good time, work outs, trivia games, and a couple of games of pinochle, volleyball serve and about 150 pages of Snowball. The show was the last of the three production shows we had not seen so we it (The Walls Rock). It was preceded by a captain’s toast of champagne and introduction to the crew all in formal white dinner jackets. We also had a bottle of Chardonnay at dinner (three lobster thermidors and I had a rack of lamb). After dinner I played poker for a couple of hours and for the second night in a row won a little. There is a group of Russian on the ship all pretty young and about 5 or 6 play on the automatic poker table with us so maybe it is a bit less competition than the last leg where a guy from Reno (Bill) won most nights.
The ship is docked here until 11 PM so this will be the longest shore day we will have. There are some excursions but we are going to explore on our own. There is a tram that will give us an overview and then I think we will look for the hop-on hop-off tour bus.
Who won the Derby I wore one of my Brown Bag tee shirts yesterday and we caught a few early races on ESPN 2 but this morning I was not able to hear anything about who won. The race ran at about 2 AM Barcelona time and we were asleep.
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Dick and Charlotte - What a coincidence. We too are on a Mediterranean cruise on our boat the mighty Shanshaw, and would you believe were in Monaco yesterday as well? I'm surprised you didn't see her proudly riding at anchor (docking is so costly, and we do have a crew and the Hinckley 28 for a tender).
ReplyDeleteWe departed at dawn for the Suez and the Red sea, then the Gulf. Our team of Navy Seals is a bunch of great guys, and well prepared for any hostile activity. This PEP (Pirate Entrapment Program) is really a great deal! Keeps your eyes on CNN starting Tuesday.
Bon voyage,
BAT66
Well done mighty Shanshaw. I will keep an eye out for you. Be advised I have solved the gin and tonic problem......
ReplyDeleteWe are looking forward to a bit more comfortable sailing with you and Ann later this summer....but it is summer....in Barcelona....