At Sea bound for Mykonos – October 10, 2014

This was our first sea day and we got to sleep in a bit this morning!  A bit, she says, ha! We slept till 8:30!  Pure luxury.  What I haven’t mentioned yet is the fact that we haven’t felt any movement on this ship at all!  We barely know that we’re moving and I find myself looking out the windows to see if I can see the sea going by!  Either the Med is incredibly calm or this huge ship has stabilizers that are working overtime!  We are on a higher floor but at midship so our location is one of the more stable.

Anyway, back to our lazy day!  Betty, Don the Commodore and I went to a lecture by an author named McCarty who has written a book called “The Vatican Conspiracies” and he talked some about his experience writing the book and doing the research.  It’s a work of fiction and we’ll probably download it first chance we get.  Sounds good.

Michele decided to brave the spa today and get a haircut…….hope we recognize her in the morning! 

The Commodore and I met up with our friends from our first Princess cruise and we had a chance to do a very nice “catch-up” with them.  They remembered being with us on the Commodore’s 60^th birthday and all our tablemates signed a T-shirt to mark the occasion!  Since we’ve moved a time or two since then I have no idea where that shirt is!

There’s so much to see on this ship all of us just wandered around today to take it all in!  The Commodore walked the track on deck 18 while I checked my eyelids for cracks (took a nap!!).

The passengers on this cruise are a fairly gray haired bunch and we have seen a total of 4 children so far!  Very few walkers and no scooters!  I think the long flights to Europe are much more difficult under those circumstances.  Many of the passengers are staying aboard after this cruise because the next one is a transatlantic to Ft Lauderdale.  They will be sailing for a total of 29 days.

Right now I am sitting on our balcony while I write.  The seas are glassy and the wind is calm.  There’s a slight breeze from the movement of the ship and it’s about 70 degrees.  No moon yet so it’s very dark.

Tomorrow we arrive in Mykonos for a half day visit there.  We have no tour but will take a shuttle into the town and wander around till we stop somewhere for a nice Greek lunch!  The amazing weather is holding so it will be very pleasant.

Haven’t had a chance to play trivia so far since we’ve been so busy on tours and too tired in the evening!  I’ll have plenty of time on the next cruise since we will be at sea so many days.  I’ll save what little brainpower I have left!

Shutting down now and going to watch the Med go by in the dark.

XOXOXO

M