Thursday, January 15, 2009

Jan 14 -- It Begins

This was our departure day. Our friends, Gary and Carol Parnel, drove us from Naples to Ft. Lauderdale. This meant we had much less difficulty with luggage than the passengers who flew in.

We brought a lot: 15 items in all! We had 4 checked bags, 6 boxes (all the size of a wine carton), 1 bag containing a foam bed cover, a carton of water, a garment bag, and 2 carry-ons. I didn’t count our computers. This seems like a lot…and it is. But it doesn’t seem like that much when you think this is the only portion of our stuff that we decided we needed to live for 1/3rd of a year.

It took us over an hour to unpack. The room is nice. We are glad that we decided to get the larger room.

The ship looks like the big 3,000-passenger ships, just shrunk a bit…maybe 2/3rd the size in all 3 dimensions. The seas have been calm so far, but it is clear that the ship “rocks” a bit more than the bigger ones. Kathleen does not yet have her sea legs.

Dave

1 comment:

Claudia and Bob Hale said...

Looking forward to reading your entries. Hope you have continued good weather and calm seas.