Venice, of the afore mentioned canals, beauty etc. There were several shore excursions that went to St Marks and other places, and we were so wiped out that we both slept through them all. And yes, we did really sleep. Our wake up went off at 7:30, but I answered it and went right back to bed. We woke around 11 am local time, having missed all of the shuttles to the city. Que cera, as Venice is one of those places we will definitely come back to. Had lunch, explored the ship some more, and then did the safety drill. If there is a problem, we have to assemble at the theater, which fortunately has life boats just a few steps away. Practiced with the life jackets, and then, having been reassured that the crew has things in hand, we went topside for the departure from Venice. We had a fantastic view of the city as we sailed out (accompanied by the stylings of Andrea Boccelli and Celine Dion- personally I think Celine Dion is singularly inappropriate for a cruise. Actually I think Celine is just inappropriate). We eventually moved to our balcony which was an ever better view for being somewhat private, and saw the entire city scape of Venice go past. I got video of the whole thing, as it is a pretty unique sight.
Then we went for Tea, followed by shopping for the items we forgot, got a great deal on a new Swiss Army watch for me and a styling Fossil watch for Jene, and then had some wine while the “street” performers entertained. They were cheesy and they knew it, but such is life.
Then Dinner, which was shared with two very nice couples who also can't stand the current Republican Adminstration, thus we had lots to talk about. We then went to the casino and had a lovely time playing cards with Barbara, who wanted to be our new best friend, bought us a bottle of champagne to celebrate our nuptuals, as well as her divorce (she was gambling her ex-husbands money) and proceeded to be the loudest and most fun person in the room. We broke even after several hours of play, and generally had a great time.
2 comments:
Thrilled to see you have time for a "honeymoon blog"...but what are you doing up at 6:40 AM to post it??
Sorry you slept through Venice, but having been just recently I know you can't be too upset! You both were obviously exhausted!
Ship life sounds great..sorry the food is mediocore though..Can't wait for future blogs.
Great to see that you are doing the blog! What a hoot that you guys are about the youngest on the ship.
We loved your wedding... We still have a (barely living) white tulips centerpiece to remind us of the merriment.
I also have been watching your progress by checking the Princess Cruise Bridge Cams website, though the time difference (you are 8 hours ahead of us right now in Colorado) means I keep checking when it's dark there. As it turns out, the lights of Naples and the Italian coastline are still pretty interesting from afar.
All the best. Hope you can catch more day trips and make buying all those guidebooks worthwhile!
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