We didn't do a lot today. We had breakfast in the dining room, and then walked off the ship into the port area. I was able to get a free wifi signal strong and fast enough to call Mom on Skype. It was nice to talk with her during the 6 days in a row without AT&T cell service. She said she was getting ready for church, and I had to ask her what day it is- I really did not know. On a ship, days of the week mean nothing. All the matters is sea day or port day, and which port we're in. Even the invitations we get to various parties on board, although they will state a day and date, always put the port in parentheses. That's all we really look at anyway
We walked around a bit in port, but then headed back to the ship with plans to gather our things and take a taxi to a beach. However, the day didn't start out optimistically, and there were intermittent light rain showers before we even left the ship. So we adjusted plans, and settled down by the MUTS pool to watch football games on the big screen.
The sun did finally come out, very hot, and we sort of roasted watching the Saints game (GO Saints!), but by the time it finally got really interesting, in the fourth quarter, the heat of the day had passed and after the Saints win we showered and dressed for dinner and the sunset. We're sitting here right now on the Promenade Deck watching that and a big storm in the distance.
The first post of each season:
- 15 nights Panama Canal 2021~Emerald Princess
- 22 nights Alaska 2021~Nieuw Amsterdam, Majestic Princess
- 140 nights Transpacific, Australia & South Pacific 2019-2020~Ruby&Majestic Princess
- Around the World 2018
- 37 nights Hawaii land trip 2018
- 31 nights Hawaii land trip 2017
- 80 nights Australia & South Pacific 2017~Golden Princess
- 17 nights Panama Canal & World Cruise 2017 Segment #1~Pacific Princess
- 14 nights small ship Caribbean 2016~Pacific Princess
- (Not 77, instead) 65 nights Mediterranean and Transatlantic 2016~Pacific Princess
- 60 nights Caribbean 2016~Emerald Princess
- 87 nights Polynesia 2015~Pacific Princess, Easter Island, Rarotonga
- 30 nights Caribbean 2015~Caribbean Princess
- 9 nights Mexico 2015~Grand Princess
- 96 nights French Polynesia 2014-2015~Pacific Princess
- 150 nights Caribbean 2013-2014~Royal Princess, Nieuw Amsterdam, Allure OTS, Emerald Princess
- 120 nights Caribbean 2012-2013~Emerald Princess, Noordam
- 14 nights Alaska 2012~Island Princess
- 100 nights Caribbean 2011-2012~Emerald Princess
- FAQs about spending winters at sea