Europe Trip 2008 Day #8: Bon Voyage
It is amazing how fast time flies when you are going from country to country, taking in as much as you can. One of the things that Jenn and I knew going into this trip was that it was going to go far to quick. After we got engaged in London things have just gone off like a rocket and we are already entering the final half of our trip. Today was a big day in terms of, originally this was going to be the entire trip. We woke up at around 10:30 in the morning in Rome and literally laid around all day. We watched CNN the reason being it was the only english speaking station available at the hotel, and they had some interesting segments as well. We head out from Rome at around 2:00 PM to head for the cruise ship which was about an hour ride from our hotel.
We got the cruise ship, checked in about 30 minutes and were on board and in our stateroom. The whole day was extremely smooth, there was not one hiccup, not one thing to necessarily worry about the entire morning. We got into our stateroom, and everything really went smoothly from there. We had the mandatory safety drill where everyone looks completely ridiculous and walks around with there life vests on. It always reminds me of the scene in Back to the Future where Marty goes to the coffee shop and the guy at the bar asks him if just got off the boat, because he is wearing a
vest. I am not sure why it reminds me of that, but it does.
After the mandatory safety instruction which went smooth, we were off to tour the ship, I purchased my mandatory (at least mandatory for me) soda package which gives me unlimited sodas for the 12 nights. We walked some more, saw our dinner spot for the four of us, and were off to dinner. Dinner was really a lot better then I remember Royal Caribbean being, I started with a Caesar Salad, then Prime Rib, and ended with Chocolate Ice Cream, Jenn went with Tortilla Soup, Prime Rib, and Vanilla Ice Cream. But if you ever have read my posts about my Alaska cruise a few years ago, I love room service, and made sure to order some more desert, a chocolate tart in this instance, along with some hot coco.
When we got back to our room we were exhausted, but we noticed there was a bottle of Asti Spumanti on our counter, and it said “Congratulations Joel”. I knew it had to be my mom but I was surprised it didn’t say “Congratulations Joel & Jenn”. After a quick e-mail back home, we realized that Royal Caribbean made a mistake with the letter and it was intended to be for both us. A nice treat to start the trip off that is for sure.
At around 8 PM (we skipped the Juggling show) we went back to the room, unpacked and called it a night. I know this isn’t necessarily the most exciting post of the trip, but its really a much needed time of rest. We all took “non drowsy” Dramamine and I haven’t felt sick yet, however I still feel the same drowsiness I got on my last cruise with regular Dramamine. Whatever the case I am not going to be posting as many pictures of us during the cruise, those will be posted when I get back. The rates on the cruise are really high for internet use, and the connection speeds are far to slow. Tomorrow is an at sea day so exepct another post tomorrow, and then we are off to Mykonos Greece where we are going on an excursion called Ancient Delos.
We got the cruise ship, checked in about 30 minutes and were on board and in our stateroom. The whole day was extremely smooth, there was not one hiccup, not one thing to necessarily worry about the entire morning. We got into our stateroom, and everything really went smoothly from there. We had the mandatory safety drill where everyone looks completely ridiculous and walks around with there life vests on. It always reminds me of the scene in Back to the Future where Marty goes to the coffee shop and the guy at the bar asks him if just got off the boat, because he is wearing a
vest. I am not sure why it reminds me of that, but it does.
After the mandatory safety instruction which went smooth, we were off to tour the ship, I purchased my mandatory (at least mandatory for me) soda package which gives me unlimited sodas for the 12 nights. We walked some more, saw our dinner spot for the four of us, and were off to dinner. Dinner was really a lot better then I remember Royal Caribbean being, I started with a Caesar Salad, then Prime Rib, and ended with Chocolate Ice Cream, Jenn went with Tortilla Soup, Prime Rib, and Vanilla Ice Cream. But if you ever have read my posts about my Alaska cruise a few years ago, I love room service, and made sure to order some more desert, a chocolate tart in this instance, along with some hot coco.
When we got back to our room we were exhausted, but we noticed there was a bottle of Asti Spumanti on our counter, and it said “Congratulations Joel”. I knew it had to be my mom but I was surprised it didn’t say “Congratulations Joel & Jenn”. After a quick e-mail back home, we realized that Royal Caribbean made a mistake with the letter and it was intended to be for both us. A nice treat to start the trip off that is for sure.
At around 8 PM (we skipped the Juggling show) we went back to the room, unpacked and called it a night. I know this isn’t necessarily the most exciting post of the trip, but its really a much needed time of rest. We all took “non drowsy” Dramamine and I haven’t felt sick yet, however I still feel the same drowsiness I got on my last cruise with regular Dramamine. Whatever the case I am not going to be posting as many pictures of us during the cruise, those will be posted when I get back. The rates on the cruise are really high for internet use, and the connection speeds are far to slow. Tomorrow is an at sea day so exepct another post tomorrow, and then we are off to Mykonos Greece where we are going on an excursion called Ancient Delos.
