August 16 – Embarkation

Today we finally saw the sun.  It still cold but at least we are dry. It is wonderful to have the cruise crew back together again. Although we haven’t been together since March of last year, the conversation is so easy it might as well have been yesterday.


We boarded the Celebrity Eclipse to start our cruise. We’ve been on this ship at least once, but I didn’t remember the layout. It became more familiar as the day went on. We found out that we’ve cruised with Celebrity enough days that we are now considered “elite” passengers. This gives us a couple of nice perks, such as a free wine tasting, the officer’s meet and greet and discounts for various items.


The embarkation process is getting simpler each time we have a cruise. It seemed to flow without any hitches or hassles.

Our stateroom is the standard size, but we did manage to unpack all our clothes in the closet space provided. Of course, we packed way too much. The view from our room is a sweeping vista of the surrounding mountains and serene green pasture.

The Eclipse is staying Reykjavik until tomorrow evening. So tomorrow we’re going to do an excursion into town on the Hop-On-Hop-Off bus.

As you would expect the food is amazing. For dinner we both had prime rib, which was delicious.

The stage show tonight was a comedian names Jon Stringer. I though he might make an OK warmup act in Yuk-Yuks. In other words, I wouldn’t go back to see him again.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

August 17 – Reykjavik

Image
The last few days, we have been exploring Reykjavik at a leisurely pace. We’ve had a wonderful time but tonight we move on. Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay. The city is the world's northernmost capital. It has a population of around 140,000 and its surrounding suburbs include another 80,000 people.   This makes up almost 70% of the entire population of the island nation. Reykjavík is believed to be the location of the first permanent settlement in Iceland, which, was established in the 9 th century by the Vikings. The city was officially founded in 1786 as a trading town and grew steadily, transforming itself into a national centre of commerce and governmental activities. In May 1940, following the German occupation of Denmark and Norway, four British warships approached Reykjavík and anchored in the harbour. Within a few hours, the allied occupation of Reykjavík was complete. Th...
Read more

August 30 – Hyannis

Image
Hyannis is known for the late President Kennedy’s family compound. There is a museum dedicated to the tragic family history of the Kennedys. The main street is a busy commercial area with many interesting shops and restaurants, with traffic jams to match.  Our annual family scavenger hunt was held today. Several years ago, Marg’s daughter Kari started this tradition by making a list of clues for which we had to travel into town and answer the questions. This year’s location is on Main Street in Hyannis Massachusetts. The local residents must have thought the seven levels of hell had descended on them. We ran thru the downtown, harassing the locals and merchants for answers to Kari’s questions. We were snapping pictures and videos to prove we had been to the locations that the clues pointed to. To a stranger it must have seemed to be total chaos. When we gathered to determined the final score, pedestrians must have thought a massive fight had erupted. Good natured accusations of...
Read more