PHOTOS FROM OUR CRUISE ON THE CARNIVAL VISTA

The Basilica of the Sagrada Familia

Designed by Antoni Gaudi, construction began
    in 1882, scheduled to be completed in 2026
    (These first two are obviously not our photographs)

The Sacred Family

The Magi

The Shepherds

One of the incredibly beautiful stained glass windows

Morning in Gibraltar

Driving to the top of Gibraltar. The Vista's stern is visible just behind the tree. Notice the guard rails.

St. Michael's Cave. Beautiful formations are enhanced by colored lights

It was not difficult to find a cannon to use as the traditional photo of Granny, taken for Mac

The Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque on Gibraltar

Looking across the Strait of Gibraltar at Africa

The western approach

Botanical Gardens on Ponta Delgada (a Portugese island in the Azores)

Crater Lake -- the rainy, overcast skies made getting a good photograph difficult (Photoshop helped)

In the Limelighter Lounge

Address the ball -- at Mini Fun Golf

Taking the Ferry to Hamilton, the capital of Bermuda (and we'll see you there in December)

THE LAST BLOG?

November 1, 2016

Not sure if we will blog tomorrow night, what with packing, getting the luggage out, etc., but you’ll have to tune in – same blog time, same blog channel.

I only did one talk today, at sail-away and the crowd was very good.  I didn’t know what to expect, but the talk had been announced and was well-attended.  Bonnie said a man came in at 1 o’clock and said he was there for the Bermuda talk.  One of the patrons leaving the lounge said, “You just missed it.  It was 12 o’clock.”  Ooops.

Jordan Brawer, the man who invited me to do this cruise came on board today and it was a pleasure to see him in the audience.  Bonnie and I talked to him about cruises for 2017 – 3-4 weeks doing Bermuda, 3-4 weeks doing Alaska, and some trans-Atlantic sailings.  We really like Carnival – they have treated us the best of any line, and all are good, but we would be very pleased to do 2017 with the “Whale’s Tail.”

Last night’s show was a comedy magician.  Tonight’s show was a comedy juggler.  We talked about it after the show this evening – it is difficult to imagine making your living doing the same show over and over.  He did it twice tonight on the Carnival Vista, and will get on another ship Thursday in New York and do it two more times, and on and on.  He must enjoy what he does.  And we enjoyed his act.

Tonight one of the menu options was Southern Fried Chicken.  Those of my audience who ate chicken prepared by Bernice Jackson of Lugoff, SC, have consumed real SFC.  This offering was good, but no threat to the late Mrs. Jackson (no threat anyway, since she’s dead, Jim).  And the next to last night for Melting Chocolate Cake.  Yes, I have had it every night, and if it’s in the kitchen tomorrow night, it will be on my plate!

Well, I am going to turn the keyboard over to Bonnie to tell you that she went off the ship today, while I was rehearsing, all by herself!

TTFN!

All Alone in Bermuda!! Scary. I awoke at 4, again, couldn’t go back to sleep and finally just played on my phone till we got up. He showered. I did not. We went to breakfast and afterwards he went to the cabin and I headed off the ship. I wanted to see it I could get a couple of things. Oh my!! Because we were leaving early most of the 3800 guests on board who got off stayed at the dockyard. David wanted a can of baby powder and I went to the pharmacy to see about getting some. They had it but he did not get it. There was one cashier working and there were 30 people in line. I said to myself I will check back after going to the dockyard mall.  Well I shopped bought a few things and headed back to the pharmacy. Guess what the line was longer!! I left without the powder.

When I was going out of the store a man was pushing a large lady with her leg is a cast of some sort and bruises on her leg and I heard her husband say they had wrecked on a scooter yesterday. David warned people not to rent scooters. It is very dangerous. They drive fast, the streets are narrow and they drive on the wrong side of the road. They are English you know. Usually the cruise ships tell you not to rent them also. In Bermuda people may only own one car per family so most of them own and ride scooters, Vespas and bigger ones.

Well, I got back on board about 10:15 well ahead of all aboard at 11:30. I got my crocheting and headed to deck 5 near the Ocean Plaza and went outside and sat of the lanai. It was sunny but not hot and I could watch all the people coming back to the ship. Believe me they were not all back on board by 11:30. At about 11:35 I headed to limelight lounge for David’s talk. By 12 the place was pretty much packed. Good talk.

Afterwards we went to deck 10 and had a small bite of lunch and then, headed to the room for a nap. He napped and I tried. Did for a little while. I took my bath and washed my hair. I didn’t do it in the morning because I knew I would wear my hat out to shop. We went to supper and had a good time. I also had the fried chicken if was okay nothing extra. I really didn’t eat very much. After supper we went to the show after sitting through Bingo with NoNo. Very boring.

Well, it is bed time. Still don’t know how we are getting off and getting to the airport. Hopefully we find out tomorrow. You know me, I stress. Though I have been pretty good so far on this trip.

Looking forward to seeing everybody. Love Mom/Granny

BERMUDA BLOG – NO TRICKS

October 31, 2016

We went ashore about 10 o’clock.  The gangways were supposed to be down at 845, but because it was the first time the Carnival Vista had docked here, it took a little longer.  Matt, the cruise director, kept getting on the intercom, telling people to stay out of the stairs going to the gangways because the gangways weren’t open.  He might as well have been speaking to the dead fish we saw at Fun Time Golf.

I guess it was 9:15 when the gangways were officially opened, and when we went out people were standing in a line that stretched half way back to the ship, waiting to get transportation tickets for Bermuda’s bus line and water taxi (as I had encouraged them yesterday).  We bypassed the line, went to the Dockyard Mall where I bought a cap, we made a couple other stops then went to play Fun Time Golf, where your humble scribe shot one over par and won the day.  The holes are patterned after real golf holes – 6 are from Bermuda, 6 from the U.S. of A., and 6 from Scotland.  Number 12 is number 12 at Augusta National – we both shot par – take that Masters!

Then we bought tokens for the water taxi to Hamilton where we had lunch at a little restaurant we visit each time we are here.  We went in a couple of stores and then caught the launch back to the ship – both very tired by that time, and Bonnie’s bum knee bummer than usual.  We did bring a variety of soft drinks on.  Mountain Dew for me.  Ginger Ale and Sunkist for her.

There were only 6 of us at our table for dinner tonight, and my dinner wasn’t much.  I did enjoy the Alligator Tail Fritters, but the Salted Cod Cakes were yuck and the Seafood Newburg would have been better if it had been Oldburg or Pittsburgh.  The Melting Chocolate Cake was excellent.

The 930 show was a comedy magician and he had a very good act.  I’ll let Bonnie fill you in – she laughed, howled and screamed, obviously enjoying it.

My next to last talk is tomorrow – one performance only at 12 o’clock as we sail away.

More tomorrow.  And now, hereeeeeee’s Bonnie!

TTFN

Well, I woke at 6 and couldn’t go back to sleep, so I played on my phone till he woke up. We showered and dressed and went to the Lido deck for breakfast. First we went to deck 12 and had a look at the dock and the dockyard area. Then, we went to breakfast. After breakfast, he went up to take some pictures and I waited for him.
We got off and headed to find him a new hat at the dockyard mall. He visited every store that had hats and then went back to the first store to buy the first hat he had tried on. Go figure. I saw a funny t-shirt in the fudge store. It said eat fudge the calories all disappear in the Bermuda Triangle. Very funny. After shopping, we proceeded to the golf. Wow have prices gone up, $15 dollars a round. It used to be $8. We did get a senior discount to $12. But it is a fun course and we pretty much had it to ourselves.  We then stopped in the craft store looking for his calendar but the artist did not do one this year. Sadness! So we headed to the dock where the ferry was getting ready to pull out. We yelled wait and after they had closed the gate , they opened it and let us on as the captain said for the old lady to hurry up. Well!!  Several more people got on after the old lady. There were no seats available so we stood outside and on railing and let the air blow through our hair and really enjoyed the ride. We saw where the Pacific Princess is going to dock in December when we sail from Rome to Fort Lauderdale. 17 days I think. It was a very nice ride. They had switched from the summer schedule to winter schedule for the ferries so when we arrived at 1:15 there were only two more ferries back to the dockyard, one at 3 and the last at 4:30. We decided we would try for the 3.

We first stopped in the ticket office and bought our return tokens. It cost $5 cash or 4.50 for a token each one way. Then, we walked up the hill about 2 or 3 blocks to the little cinema and lunch place to eat. We had sliders and fries and a drink. They only had Pepsi and I opted for a root beer. Very good.  After lunch we decided to tour the mall located next door. It is a 3 story mall that takes back down to almost where we started from. We looked in a toy and candy store that had a lot of very over priced Legos. Really overpriced. They had malted balls for $4.45 for a fourth of a pound. That is close to $18 a pound. Oh wow, and I thought Fresh Market’s price of $6.99 a pound was high. We also stopped in a book store, where I got a newspaper. Hurrah!!

We got back to the dock about 2:15.  A crowd had started to gather. We walked up to where we would get on and got on about 2:45 and got seats this time and rode back. When we got to the dockyard we proceeded to the pharmacy/gift shop to get our drinks. Then, walking slowly, very slowly, back to the ship we got on and went to our cabin to collapse. At least I did. He napped. I couldn’t get to sleep.

Then, we proceeded to supper at 6. After supper we sat in the Atrium and listened to 3 violinist play. They are really very good. Two have electronic violins and one has a regular one. As they played we played cards. At 9 we went to the liquid lounge, which is the theater and found some good seats in the balcony. Bingo was in progress so we watched and listened as No No ( yes that is her name) called the numbers. Every bingo announcer on every ship we have been on is very annoying. She finally finished and Matt announced the entertainer. A magician. But this guy said he was a comedian and a magician. He was very funny and had you laughing while he did some tricks.

Well, he is going to take out his contacts out which means it is time for me to stop rambling because he is ready for bed and I need to take my night time pills. So I will say good night.

Special to Matt!! Empty your mail box. (OOPS!! Sorry your Dad just said you already had). How are you feeling and how is your wife? Love Mom/Granny

TO BLOGFINITY AND BEYOND!

October 30, 2016

Sorry about no blog yesterday.  After two days of doing two talks – at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., your humble scribe and his scribette were exhausted.  We get up at 630 and order room service so I can rehearse before the 9 a.m. talk.  Then I work on what needs working on for the second one, do the talk, and rush off to supper.  Just wore the old guy out.  Plus we forget to set our clocks back an hour yesterday and so instead of getting up at 630, we actually got up at 530.  Oh well.  We are back on 9 and 1 schedule today, and a good day it was.

The Limelight Lounge was Standing Room Only for both talks – a few empty seats in the a.m. and none in the p.m. with folk sitting on the floor.  Counting the capacity of the lounge and the standers and sitters (that’s not a quaint way to describe the occupants of restrooms), there were 700 folk at “Bermuda: Close to Heaven.”  Many kind comments, and lots of folks around afterwards asking questions.  I brought Bonnie up to answer questions because there were so many inquiring minds.  It was a good time, and I am grateful for the response.

We dock in Bermuda at about 9 a.m. in the morning, stay overnight, and sail at noon on November 1.  I’ll do one talk after sail-away, and then do the Bermuda Triangle talk twice on the 2nd.  Then we dock in New York on the 3rd and fly home, arriving back at 233 Thursday evening thanks to Eastman Transportation Services.  Then we do laundry, take a month off and fly to Rome and cruise back to Fort Lauderdale.  Grateful we are!

Well, as I write to you, my beloved is snoring.  Don’t know how she is doing it with her mask on, but she is making a variety of sounds.  I wish the blog had audio.

We have supper in 45 minutes, and I’ll wrap up then and turn the keyboard over to Bonnie for her ramblings.

Looking forward to Bermuda tomorrow!

TTFN!

Hey!!

Uneventful two days. Up early, eat breakfast, and go to a talk. Yesterday his second talk was at 5 so we dressed in our elegant ware and he did the talk in his tuxedo. Quite nice. Arrived about 10 minutes late for supper. Today the second talk was at 1 so we had more afternoon time and got to supper on time. Today was costume day for Halloween. There were some really wild costumes. The cruise director, Matt (a tall handsome young black man) had on a “Slim Good Body” suit! Oh My!! There was even a Santa Claus suit. My contribution to the costumes was my Halloween cat socks. I wore my short pants and my socks. They were cute. Your Dad went as himself. And as we left the theater this evening I looked down and a lady had a purple spider pinned in her hair!!

The entertainment last night was a show by the singers and dancers called “Flick” which featured songs from a lot of movies. Very high energy and great singing. They closed the “Liquid Lounge”, which is the name for the theater,  after the first show about 8:20. They were not opening the doors for the second show till 9. I know how people line up etc and I wanted a front row seat in the balcony so I told David go some where and sit because I am standing in line to be first into the lounge. So from about 8:20 till 9 I was first in line waiting for the doors to open and I got our seats!!
Yes, I saved one for him. Matt said you were only allowed to save one seat and I saved one for David.

After the show we got some liquid refreshments and headed to the room to set the clocks back again and sleep. We are now only 1 hour ahead of you.

Tonight’s show was a young man from Wales who sang to sound tracks and also, did some songs to an acoustical guitar that he played. Great songs, you could understand his words. He had a beautiful voice and we really enjoyed the show.

Well we are back in our room. I am going to fix a drink, ginger ale tonight, we are going drink buying on Bermuda tomorrow, and then hit the sack.

NAPTIME!

October 28, 2016

So, we are sitting at lunch, at a table for 2 and beside us a table of 4 and they have been to our talks.  A lot of fun, lunchtime conversation.  Then one of the men says, “I am going to take a nap.”  Bonnie says, “I’m with you.”  I thought she was rather forward, having just met the man, and not even knowing his name.  But what happens on the cruise ship ... [NO! I didn’t go with him!]

The morning crowd was bigger today, which is unusual.  More folks come to the later talks than get up early, but with the afternoon’s talk (today’s and tomorrow’s) scheduled for 5, attendance was down somewhat.  A good crowd both times, nevertheless, as I talked about “The Incredible Hermitage.”  Tomorrow is “History: It’s What’s For Dinner,” and then 3 Bermuda related talks, and then home.

Tonight was the pits for after dinner entertainment.  But we dutifully went to the Liquid Lounge for “Gender Showdown” – the boys against the girls in trivia and stunts.  The boys won.  Then it was “Liar’s Club,” where two people give false definitions and the third tells the truth and the audience has to guess who is telling the truth.  The trivia was lame (who is Snow White’s sister – Rose Red), and all the words were given sexually suggestive definitions, and not even funny ones.  That is 90 minutes of our lives that we will never get back!

And now, here’ssssssssssssssssss Bonnie!

TTFN

Well, up at 6:30, throw on some clothes and off to the laundry. An hour later and $12 spent, back from washing, drying and folding 2 loads of laundry (and that did not include detergent which I bought with me!).

Next up to breakfast and I still made it to his talk just 10 minutes late.

Next it was off to watch the dance couple teach a Latin dance..1,2,3 .. 5,6,7 .. then do that shaking your booty!

I was still trying to unravel my yarn!  I worked on it while we watched the dance class. Finally, after lunch and a nap, in the room, I had to cut it and spent another hour unknotting and making a small ball. OH MY!! Now tomorrow and I can start again to work on my hat.

After his 5 o’clock talk, we got to supper just 10 minutes late. Had a nice supper. Good company and the chicken fried steak was good as well as the teriyaki beef skewers for an appetizer.  The hazelnut and peanut butter with ginger dessert was strange but edible. The two shows we watched were also so strange. But we got a few laughs [She did. I did not]. Couldn’t make it to the end of the 3rd show of the evening which was the singing waiter from our dining room, he does a Sinatra tune every night and is very good.

Well, he said keep it short. So I did. Love to everybody.

Mom, Granny

Dear Maggie,
Hope you had a great birthday and liked your presents. The movie tomorrow night is Dory. It isn’t until 10:30 so I probably won’t make it.

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER BLOG

October 27, 2016

Sorry about yesterday’s silence.  We were tired after a fun day ashore in Porta Delgada, and I was rehearsing for today’s talk on the “Camera in Your Cell Phone”, so tomorrow’s blog did not get written (if it did, it did not get e-mailed).

Wednesday ashore started our cool and sunny.  It ended up cold, overcast, and rainy. But we had a good time.  We took a tour that included the Romantic Botanical Gardens, the Pineapple Plantation, and Crater Lake.  The PP was our least favorite, but I guess there’s not much you can do with them – green houses, green plants, gift shop, free samples of pineapple liquore.  We took a couple pictures of the pineapples and bought two souvenirs: a key chain, and something else – Bonnie will tell me what it is when she wakes up from her afternoon nap, or reads what I have written (Unlike Yul Brenner in The Ten Commandments, I have not written what I have written.  I will be corrected.  If you are too young for that reference check Netflix or Kodi).

The RBG (no rasslin fans, it was not RVD) was very nice.  I would like to see it in a different season to see different plants and different colors.  There were several grottos formed from the volcanos which built the island in the before-times, and plants from as far away as Australia and New Zealand.  One of the NewZs was toppled by a recent Atlantic hurricane and they hadn’t had time to completely remove it.  I added several shots to my Camera talk today from the Gardens and the Crater Lake.  The sky was overcast and cloudy at the Lake, so the photos weren’t spectacular like I’m sure they could be in full sun, but I photo-shopped one to good results.

The folks at our table, except for us, rotate seats.  Bonnie sits in one seat at the end of the table where she can prop her soon-to-be repaired knee, with me opposite her, and everyone else moves around.  It’s the only time we’ve experienced that.  Usually everyone stays in the same seat, but this way we get to interact with everyone.  Our fellow foodies are all retired, or at least one member of each couple is retired, and they are all Diamond Members which means they have cruised an awfully lot with Carnival and are at the top of the rewards chain, but not a snob in the bunch.  Nice.  Graham always wears a hat to supper, and his wife, Kathy wore one the first formal night.  His hats are not baseball caps, but gentlemen’s chapeaus which he always removes when he sits at the table.  William and Karen (they live in Lumberton, NC and got clobbered by the flooding from hurricane Matthew) are the ones who have the rental properties at Myrtle Beach.  They do substitute teaching to supplement their cruising habit (I would stay on dry land!).  Joe is lactose intolerant, but no one has scared him and made him ink.  Sharon has twice not liked the menu and stayed in her room ordering room service.  Her husband, Richard, takes her carry-out desserts.  Lindsay and Dee are from Canada (someone else, too, but I forget who).

Today’s talks were well attended.  The afternoon was almost a sell-out.  There were very few empty seats, and I did questions after each session for over 30 minutes each time.

Tomorrow my talks are at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., so we may miss our dinner seating, but there is another formal dining room that we can get a table for two.  We did that earlier, but if I keep to 40-45 minutes, and questions don’t run long, we should still make the regular table.

We (read Bonnie) will do laundry tomorrow.  Yours truly is down to one clean pair of drawers, and even though I could, I am not going to turn them around.

I think I have you caught up, and when Bonnie gets out of the shower (preparing for supper) I will direct her to the keyboard.  “Hey!  Is the green one shampoo?”

TTFN

Hello Everyone.

First a note to Karen you can email me by sending it to David, if you would like, he has internet.

Yesterday was a very nice day. We were up at 6:30 in order to make our tour meeting time at 8:30 in the Reflections dining room, our usual dining room. We had a bus full, but because I am hobbling we got a front seat. We had a good tour guide, she said she a typical Portugese, “Tall, thin, blonde and blue eyes”. She was being facetious. She was actually no taller than me, brunette and round like me. She was very entertaining. Our tour was about 3+ hours and a lot of riding as the 3 places were miles apart, so she had a lot of talking to do.  She was very knowledgeable about her country.

We browsed a few shops at the dock after returning but didn’t buy anything there. The other purchase we made was a small bottle of pineapple flavored hot sauce. We are going to mail it to our old pastor.

After returning to the ship, we had unch [I think she means lunch] then returned to the room to nap and then go to supper. I had buffalo chicken wings, black bean soup, and a grilled pork chop. I did not eat much of the soup or pork chop. I didn’t even eat all of the melting chocolate cake. Just didn’t want it.

After supper David said let’s go back to the room and I will work for an hour and then, we will go to the show. I knew that wouldn’t happen. Once he starts to brush up a talk, we are done! Oh, well, it was okay he got me a ginger ale and I spent a couple of hours trying to unravel my Alaskan yarn so I can work on my hat. (So far I have been working about 4+ hours and I am not done yet!!) Maybe tomorrow. We played a few hands of cards before bed.

Now, to today. Rise at 6:30, get bathed, dressed and go upstairs for a bit of breakfast, then down to the limelight lounge to wait for his talk. Spent more time here unraveling. Nice size morning crowd and they must have stayed and asked questions about 30 minutes. And, the old guy talked for an hour!! We went up to Lido and played some cards waiting for lunch time. I had a pepperoni pizza he had a bunless cheeseburger.  After lunch, I headed to the limelight and he went to get his stuff. The 1 o’clock talk was packed!! And at least they had al 3 screens working. In the morning show, the tech didn’t turn on the one screen. Same length talk and even more people stayed and talked. We had to move out into the hall because some of the crew were having a safety lecture. Have met a lot of great folks. Enjoying the cruise enormously.

Well, I have showered again because my hair was in desperate need to be washed. I am now dressed for supper and we shall head off momentarily. He is partly dressed. I will let you know tomorrow how the laundry adventure goes.

ANOTHER LAZY DAY AT SEA

October 25, 2016

I did “Yes, We May Have No Bananas” at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.  Both were well attended – more folks in the afternoon – and both well received.  After the first talk, Bonnie packed up my gear and I hustled to the other end of the ship to appear on the Cruise Director’s “Morning Show.”  It was a good opportunity to publicize the talks, because the “Fun Times” (Carnival’s daily activities sheet) is not yet giving specifics about the talks.  Many people have asked me and the Entertainment Director about that, and our answer is, “Miami is working on it.”  This comes out of the corporate offices and the yummies up on carpet corridor didn’t get this one right – the talks need titles and blurbs so the guests know more about what is going on.  Hopefully they will come through.

Supper tonight was my least favorite meal so far – Teriyaki stir-fried beef and broccoli was our selection, and as my Daddy used to say, “It wasn’t much.”  The Melting Chocolate Cake was great, however.  Our table is, I think I’ve told you, 12 couples and tonight the camaraderie made up for the slack menu.  Lots of jokes and stories and good natured fun.

One couple own a Myrtle Beach rental – 3 BR, 2 Baths, etc – that goes between $105 and $135 a night (vbro.com/710787).  No, we are not rental agents, nor do we get commission.  I just know how much some of you like the beach, and it might be a different place to go.

Because the seas are still a little rough, the song and dance show for tonight was cancelled.  Instead the Cruise Director hosted a Love and Marriage Show.  It is a cruise ship standard, their version of the Newly Wed Game.  They pick 3 couples – newlywed, middle, and old, and ask the usual embarrassing questions.  Tonight’s oldest couple had been married 54 years.  They are natives of Ukraine, and were a hoot.  We’ve seen several versions on different ships, and this one may have been the funniest so far.  They always ask, “What is the most unusual place where you’ve made whoopie?”  The newlyweds confessed to the Ferris wheel in Las Vegas.  They were asked to leave, were escorted off the property, and their car was ticketed with a $500 ticket.  I don’t believe I’d’ve told that one.

Tomorrow is a port day – Ponte Delgada (a Portugese island) so hopefully we’ll have some good stories to relate tomorrow night.

TTFN

And now, here’s Bonnie ...

Well, here goes. We got up at 6:30 so he could rehearse. He had room service some toast and coffee. I went upstairs to the buffet and this morning had a ham, cheese and tomato omelet. I of course dropped strawberry jam on my cleans shirt. UGH! After breakfast I went to guest services to get some $1 bills so we can tip the room service person. Then, headed to the limelight lounge to wait for the talk. I crocheted some on my hat I am making. Talk was good and after his appearance on the morning show we went up to 10 for some cards.  Before time for the 1 o’clock show he had a Guy Fieri cheeseburger and I had some fries. Then, we headed to the talk.

 Did I happen to mention how cold it is!! And windy and rough (12-13 foot waves said the Captain in today’s talk). Plus 35 mph winds. It is a wee bit nippy.

We forgot to tell you the day after we left Barcelona they had to airlift a passenger off by helicopter to Spain. Didn’t get to see it because everyone had to be off the decks and balconies in the aft and the crew had to move all the furniture from balconies and decks in the aft.

After his afternoon show we went to 10 for a snack. I had a Reuben and he had butterscotch ice cream. Then, we went to the waltz dance class to watch, not participate. I am not up to that. We met the dance couple when we were in line to board. They are very nice and we have talked to them several times.

After supper off to the show. It was hilarious. Had a good time. We are going on a tour tomorrow and have to get up at 6:30 in order to be at our meeting place by 8:30.
The town is very close to the dock so if we aren’t to tired after the tour maybe we will go spend some of our Euros.

Well, pills have been consumed. And night clothes donned. So it is time for bed.

Love Mom/Granny

A special hi to Karen!! Hope your trip to the train show was good. I am having a great time though tired.