A day at sea

We were at sea today heading for our first port of call, Barcelona, Spain. It was a relaxing day - weather was very nice - warm and sunny but not too hot.

We went to a morning lecture on astronomy- very interesting talk about the planets. The speaker will have additional talks throughout the cruise on our sea days.

I got my walk in today - around 5 miles doing laps around the deck. There's quite a few passengers that either walk or run. The ship has a designated walk/run track on one of the decks.

Tonight we went to one of the ship's production shows. It was an updated version of a show we had seen on a different ship. We also went to a talk that gave you a behind the scenes of one of their theater areas called the Two70. It's called that because of the floor to ceiling windows that give you a 270 degree view of the ocean. They also have very high-tech screens and robotic arms that move the screens. We were told the cost of that room alone was 34 million dollars!

The picture of man playing the piano - he pops up in different places throughout the ship - even in the elevators. They call him the stowaway piano man.Read more