Cruise Days 1 & 2

Yesterday we boarded the cruise ship in Barcelona.  This was by far the fastest boarding out of any cruise that we’ve ever done.  We had checked our luggage, processed through the check-in counter and boarded the ship in less than 20 minutes.  The rooms were ready by the time we boarded so  the first thing we did when we got on the ship was to go down and drop our things off in the room.  We were in our room less than 5 minutes when they delivered our luggage.  Impressive!  The ship is beautiful.  Our favorite part of the ship so far is the Thermal Spa.  They charge extra for it and only sell a limited amount per cruise, but it’s well worth it!  Essentially, there’s an exclusive part of the spa where you can go to lie down on benches made of heated mosaic tiles.  Very relaxing.  They also have a dry steam room, a heavy steam room, an aroma therapy room, and a shower area that has options for rain forest or ice showers.  We took pictures of the benches so Dad can help me build a couple in our retirement home.   Tomorrow is our first stop; Pallermo, Sicily.  Hope everyone is doing great.  Keep emailing, we’ll check at least once a day.