Highlights

Im simply not getting used to being back. It is a culture shock to have to walk up to a counter and pay for my food, not being able to order 2 entrees and 3 desserts, and not being in a state of semi-drunkenness.

It all started in San Diego on this ship...

As big as it looks, it turns out this is a medium sized ship. There are 10 decks, and we were located right behind the life boats. I wasnt aware that "slightly obstructed view" meant looking at my life raft.

We then had our fire drill. You cannot go out of the harbor without one. This was fun and odd, and we met some silly kids. At this point I engaged parental auto pilot and began to yell at other peoples kids, and ordering them around.












Then came leaving. We wandered around, and got to see the "azipods" work. Thoseare the cool propeller type pods that push the boat. One of our was broken, which meant we went slower the whole trip, which had its own problems. Danie likes to take fancy posed pictures










Then we had a day at sea. We had to figure out how it all worked. I had the odd experience of waking up at 4:30 am the first day, and watching the sun come up in the "Crows Nest", and about the same time the next.