Monday in Mallorca

Mallorca
9:20 AM

Shirtsleeves and shorts sitting on a shady veranda what a beautiful day in Majorica. The ship just dock on our starboard side and I watched in my bathrobe as the lines were thrown and secured. You see we ordered room service and it was on time hot and very good (ham and cheese omelets with bananas and orange slices and of course toast and coffee.

Well I see the passengers streaming off the ship. The gang way is on starboard side aft and people are exiting the second deck into a covered area that open on to a covered walkway which runs parallel to the ship and is fifty feet from my position

Last night we ate at our normal dining time I had prime rib as did Lyle and Marlene. Charlotte ate salmon. After dinner we play two games of pinochle and got back to the room in time to see us depart from Barcelona at 11. We tried taking some pictures with the nighttime landscape feature and some may have turned out.

Charlotte says her knee feels better and she is going to go ashore as is Lyle I think we are waiting for the Snows to return from breakfast then we will be off. It is good not to fight the crows as there are over 1800 passengers who like to all do the same thing at the same time it seems. We will report on the Mallocra Meanderings a bit later we have to be back for a 6 PM sailing.

2:20 PM

I just finished eating a couple of scoops of pistachio mint ice cream after two pieces of pizza. That’s a light lunch on this cruise ship. We had a nice Monday in Mallorca getting of the ship around 10 AM. We had a 30 minute wait for the local bus to town as it was a 40 minute walk or a 10 Euro Taxi ride. We saved 50% since it turned out the 2.50 euros we paid for a ticket was only one way not both. Dropped in the town Centro, at a very modern thoroughfare, we managed to find our way to an older part of town and eventually to the major tourist attraction the old palace and the Cathedral. Since the place is now a museum and the Cathedral both charged for entry we skipped. and just shopped a little. A major shopping item here are imitation pearls mad from glass and ground fish scales. I think Charlotte and Marlene both bought some. I found my postcards and playing cards so I was done early. Finding our way back was difficult (the pigeons must have eaten the breadcrumbs) but we did finally find a bus stop in front of the local department store that made several stops the last of which was back at the port. We shared the bus ride with a couple from New Jersey who are big Vantage Tour and had been to South America too. We may look into the Vantage tour offerings on Sunday when we are back in Rome.

Charlotte’s knee held up pretty well but she did buy an elastic wrap for her knee for 4 euros (the same price as the Cathedral). Somehow we missed the Snows up here for lunch we are sitting at a table by the pool….the roof is open and just now I felt a cooler breeze otherwise it has been warm and pleasant. A PA announcement said the ship was going to test the emergency diesel generator and that the elevators and lifts would be out of service.

Thats the latest from Mallorca …..Adios...