First Day at Sea -

First Day at Sea
We’re here! The difference between a large ship Princess Line vessel and a small 700-passenger ship became very apparent from the get-go. No long lines getting aboard; no waiting at counters to check in. We were met with a glass of the bubbly the minute we stepped aboard. We’re all pleased with our staterooms and immediately stepped outside on our balcony to watch the stores being loaded aboard ----forklifts busy beeping and honking –lining up to put their loads through the hull of the ship. After lunch, we walked from deck to deck to get familiar with our home for the next 30 days -- stopped at the computer room to sign up for our internet accounts. At the end of our last voyage we discovered how to create our blog on a word document and “copy and paste” our adventures with a short upload, rather than creating the document online at $.50 plus per minute.
Today, Saturday, Dennis and Betty played on the electronic Texas Hold’em table. Neither were winners. We made visits to the workout gym; Terry worked out and headed to the whirlpool. Leila, Jerry, Dennis & Shirley started a game of Hand and Foot cards. Late this afternoon Shirley & Leila joined the dance troupe learning Chorus Line for the show at the end of the cruise, Jerry and Dennis look on but weren’t brave enough to join the show. This should be interesting. We’ll keep you posted on our progress.
Good news. The ship provides free wine with lunch and dinner. This was a welcome surprise. We were expecting to buy our wine aboard. Didn’t purchase any wine in Singapore because the import taxes were very high and a simple bottle of Beringer was $35.00-$40.00. Anything really decent was in the $50 price range.
Dinner last night was less than wonderful – we’re waiting for the good news as the crew gets comfortable at their work.
Till Later,
Six BMK Travelers, Betty, Terry, Shirley, Jerry, Leila & Dennis