Nice

As I expected, internet on the ship is expensive and quite touchy. Sad story about how I learned, maybe another time. Ship boarding went well. We still had the rental car from our Andorra ride, so I took Shar & all our bags to the cruise terminal. Then to the airport to pick up Timm & Megan. Took them to the cruise dock about the same time they began to allow people to board. Then I went back to the airport and picked up Kelli & Allen and took them to the dock. Back once again to the airport to pick up Erik & Angela and take them to the dock. I am now quite comfortable in the route in Barcelona from the airport to the cruise dock. Erik joined me in taking the rental car back, catching a subway and the last mile walk to the cruise dock. We boarded with an hour to spare. The bad news. Mid evening the captain announces on the intercom that the weather forecast is for 35 mph winds. The next day we had planned to stop in Ville-franche France but because of the winds the tendering was unsafe so the port of call was cancelled. Bummer. The ship that was there that day could not get 1,500 passengers safely back on board so they had to buss everyone to the next port of call. That does not sound fun. So we lost France and spent the day at sea. If you have cruised, you know a day at sea is filled with games, quizzes, etc. to try to keep the passengers occupied. Some folks are content to just sit around all day but some of us are busy-bodies. But with family here it is easier to find things to do.