Tuesday, August 27th & Wednesday, August 28th
Working for a global company offers the ability to connect with colleagues around the world – a year ago I met Chester in the Philippines and he recently moved to Spain.
We were able to connect and meet up for breakfast. It was so nice to see a friendly face in Barcelona before we got on the cruise ship. He picked a place close to his apartment and our hotel, which was really nice!
After coffee, I made my way back to the hotel to finish packing. We were now leaving our hotel and boarding the cruise ship. We asked the hotel to help us hail a larger cab for us (+ Jon/Yvonne) and all of our luggage.
Once on board we opted to have a casual lunch at the Oceanview Cafe. We knew it would be a few hours before our luggage would be delivered, so we sat around with Jon and Yvonne for a while and just relaxed.
Eventually, we went to check, and our luggage had been delivered (well, at least mine – and let’s be honest… I’m the over packer!) so I started to unpack. Once it got closer to leaving the harbor, we went up to the rooftop to watch us sail away, which is always magical.
After that we finished unpacking and then went to dinner. It was fun to be back on the ship, and this time with Jon and Yvonne. We opted for Anytime Dining, which always a lot more flexibility based off of your plans for the day.
After dinner, we went to the Pub Quiz. It was a good day to be back on a cruise!
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Wednesday, August 28th
At sea days are a nice way to break up the trip – and because we had flown in early and already done so much in Barcelona. It was a great day for us to relax.
Andy and I started the morning off by using the fitness center for a quick workout. After freshening up for the day, and having a more leisurely morning we joined Bingo in the afternoon.
It’s sort of funny, because they’ve never had Bingo on a cruise that we’ve been on before. You had to pay for your cards, and each of us (Jon and Yvonne included) decided to split the cards up. (Each card did have a unique identifier). Well, as soon as we got into the theater for Bingo the activity manager let us know that we weren’t supposed to do that… and that we “should have been told we couldn’t do that.”
Unfortunately for us, no one did. He was really condescending in his approach about it, which was really unfortunate… because we haven’t had bad service while cruising with Celebrity.
Suffice to say, neither couple won. But it did seem like they were giving out good prizes if you did!
We had an early dinner, and then made our way to one of the production shows. It was pretty cheesy, but they are a fun way to enjoy different facets of the cruise.
We ended the night with one of our favorite activities – the Silent Disco! This time there was only one DJ, and the other stations were Latino music and more 70s/80s music. We all had a blast rotating between the different stations, since the DJ refused to play the Britney Spears music that I requested until the very end.
We’re having a great time!
Up Next:
– Flamenco Show
– Walking tour of Cadiz
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