The bus ride from London to the port of Dover was uneventful (a good thing) and I must give Carnival its props as the embarkation process at the port was the best of any cruise we’ve ever been on. We dropped our bags outside our hotel room in London and never touched them again until they were delivered to our stateroom onboard BEFORE dinner. We cleared the queues at the terminal and boarded immediately with the entire process taking less then 20 minutes, why isn’t it like that all the time? Mom and I took a nap before the always popular Muster Drill and then booked our spa appointments. Some people cruise to booze it up, some to gamble, we cruise to spa! Here’s a picture of our ship the Carnival Splendor which is on its inaugural voyage (which we keep hearing on an hourly basis from our portly Cruise Director). The ship is now the largest in the Carnival fleet and is really quite nice as you can imagine being brand new. The White Cliffs of Dover send us on our way…bon voyage!
Mom & I did a seaweed wrap and full body massage, absolutely fabulous, I’m actually starting to feel like I’m on vacation! We’re sitting on the deck in our stateroom overlooking the sea, it late afternoon and we’re in our robes, me blogging and mom reading a book. If there was an illustration in the dictionary for the word contentment our picture would surely accompany it!
Later in the afternoon we did an art auction and they had a hand signed Picasso up for bid…I was only $130,000 short of owning that baby! Who comes on a cruise to buy a piece of art like that? They also had original Salvador Dali and Peter Maxx works, lots of folks looking, nobody buying but the free champaign disappeared pretty quick.
Musical vibe for the Chapter: Robin Trower: “Sailing”
Towel Fun: Dog & Elephant
Mom & I did a seaweed wrap and full body massage, absolutely fabulous, I’m actually starting to feel like I’m on vacation! We’re sitting on the deck in our stateroom overlooking the sea, it late afternoon and we’re in our robes, me blogging and mom reading a book. If there was an illustration in the dictionary for the word contentment our picture would surely accompany it!
Later in the afternoon we did an art auction and they had a hand signed Picasso up for bid…I was only $130,000 short of owning that baby! Who comes on a cruise to buy a piece of art like that? They also had original Salvador Dali and Peter Maxx works, lots of folks looking, nobody buying but the free champaign disappeared pretty quick.
Musical vibe for the Chapter: Robin Trower: “Sailing”
Towel Fun: Dog & Elephant
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