Last day of our cruise – arriving in Barcelona at 5 a.m. for an 8:30 departure from the ship and a 1 p.m. flight to Paris/Atlanta/Seattle that is sure to leave us all a little jet lagged with the long flights we’ll have to endure! I guess that’s what you get when your flight is included in your trip so we’re not going to complain as the trip has come in on budget – wahoo!! That means we’ll get to go on another one sooner rather than later.
Really the only thing that happened today is that Flor went on a trip without us. Gareth, the Casino Manager on board took her for a little excursion into areas of the ship that mere passengers aren’t able to visit! As a result….Flor has been inside some of the gaming machines, out on the bridge deck, on the main stage in the Stardust Theatre, down in the galley with the crew, and lined up with the captain for a portrait! She had an amazing adventure and we have all the photos to prove it.
My mom and sister, Karen, spent the day in bed and are much better for it. There are so many guests and crew who are sick on the ship now that the hallways are lined with room service trays and the ships hospital has run out of many of their supply of meds. As a result, they had to bring on emergency supplies in Malta and there is another larger emergency shipment coming on board in Barcelona. Lynda and I are glad we’re here to be able to help mom and Karen out a little. We’re also glad that we’re both staying healthy!
We spent as much of the day as possible out on the deck where the air is germ free and even left a couple of suggestions with our friend Gareth that he found interesting and as a result has already passed them through the ships channels (ie: captain and then through to department heads). One was the MBWA philosophy (Management By Walking Around) that intrigued him as it is his natural style and the other was Lynda’s suggestion that the on ship TV channel that teaches passengers about safe hand washing practices include a reference about sneezing and coughing into your sleeve vs hands or worse yet….into the air as many guests on the ship seem to do! Who knows….it may even be implemented by the next cruise that starts in 2 days!! We told Gareth that we were available as cruise consultants now that we’re no longer cruise virgins so if the ship’s budget can handle our rates….we might be available.
Packing up for the next and nearly final leg of our adventure…..next stop where we’ll be able to sleep….Seattle….might have something to blog about from there ….so until next time…..
L & L
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