Got ready early, had breakfast early - good mix of American bacon and eggs plus Continental stuff but oh the coffee. I could have drunk a dozen cappuccinos and eaten a dozen croissants, it was so delicious.
Checked out early, driver came early. A really nice guy, so much better than the day before. He was an Italian who had grown up in Montreal. A bad mix of pride, chauvinism and French arrogance. A good quote though: "Italy is the best country in the world - all we have to do is get the people to appreciate it."
Today's guy was all Italian, crazy accent but understandable. Drove like a Monaco Grand Prix racer but strangely, we felt safe. As for yesterday's 20 Euro penalty, he said what penalty? We asked twice and explained our screw up but he didn't want it so we kept it.
Finding the Norwegian rep turned out to be dead easy. Left one hour late. No worries.
So all in all a really a good start to the day.
Holy Crap the ship is huge. We could see it miles away on our approach . Made 3 other ships in the harbour look downright puny. We met two other couples cruising on her for the second time so it must be ok.
Day was cloudy and very windy. We are out at sea now and can really feel the rocking of the boat.
Check in was easy and fast. Threw our stuff in our rooms and went to get food. We're on deck 12 aft and food was on deck 15 forward, about one half mile away. Good exercise. Food was buffet style. Not impressed.
Back to rooms for a good nap. Life boat drill one hour later. Back to rooms for a nap.
At this point Carol was feeling quite sick (exhausted plus a bit of reaction to the food?) so we ordered room service. Best salmon we've had in ages.
Ordered breakfast for 0545! Got an early shore excursion tomorrow. Hope Carol is ok.
Our rooms are great. Two studios side by side with a connecting door. Individually the rooms are small. Well thought out but small. Put two together with the connecting door open and it feels like a suite. We really like the set up.
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