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| We watched two of these circling for some time! |
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| "Bunkering" (taking on) fuel (LNG)! |
Welcome to “Spain”! We
had wanted the morning tour but only the afternoon tour was available. After the last week sleeping in, yesterday
when we found the morning had an opening, we thought…Nahhh… So, of course, Bill waked up about 4:20. After several minutes, I decided if I snuck
out and started the laundry, that would make Theresa very happy! All I had to do was get up, get dressed, FIND
the laundry (which was returned to the closet) and sneak out, without waking
Theresa. Opening the closet door was my
downfall. At the laundromat, there was
NO ONE there!! So, I got the load
started, and camped with a book to avoid reawakening Theresa. Well, now awake, and wondering where I was,
Theresa came to find me. So much for
letting her sleep! Anyway, we waited
until 7:30 when the restaurant opened and headed there.
About 11:30, it was time to start thinking about lunch since
our tour left at 1:20, and eating is an unknown timeline. Our usual restaurant was closed. The Buffet was closed. The “Americana Diner” was open with a limited
buffet. Guess that works!
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| One of the Pyramids of Guimar |
The bus was PACKED when we arrived at 1:15.
We set out for the Pyramids of Guimar.
There is a lot of uncertainty about these
pyramids.
They were built in the same
style as the Step Pyramid of Djoser (Saqqara) and pyramids in Central America
(like Chichen Itza).
But the locals believed
they were just piles of rocks from a farmer clearing a field.
It is probable that a wealthy land owner in
the 1820s built them, but no one is certain.
There is lots more history, and if you’d like to know it…there is this
thing called “the Internet”.
Anyway, it’s a thing to do and we did it.
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| Several pyramids we did NOT see! |
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| Not sure why THIS is the Canary Is. mascot?? |
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| The line up of pyramids |
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| The labeling of the line up. |
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| Proof we were there! |
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| Walking to church! |
Then we went to the Cathedral.
Our tour guide basically walked us over there
from like ¾ of a mile away, and said “be back on the bus at 4:45”.
The cathedral was beautiful, and we explored
it, stopped for prayer in a few spots, and had a little quiet time.
Then headed back.
There was one store we hoped to stop in, but
they were closed from 2-4:30 (siesta?) so, back to the bus we went.
We had to be back on the ship by 5:30 and
our bus arrived at like 5:15 I think.
By
5:20 we were off the bus, through security, and asked the guard how many people
were still off the ship…62!!!!
Then 2
showed up.
Another 4.
Probably a bus is missing, but by the time we
got to our room there was a call for “____” party of 2, please call 2000 IMMEDIATELY.
Someone was about to meet us in Cartagena!
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| Inside the Cathedral. |
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| Statue behind the altar. |
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| The Cathedral |
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| We spent the last 8 days on this ocean, may as well touch it? |
We had dinner in the fish restaurant.
Bold choice after yesterday’s Japanese
restaurant, but this was (mostly?) cooked.
It was good.
Not as good as the
first night, but no complaints.
After
dinner we visited one of the shows.
It
was a random show pitting two sides of the venue against each other.
It’s hard to explain.
Our side lost.
So, we went to the theatre for the
comedian.
He was pretty good!
We laughed and had fun!!
But then, it was time for bed.
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| On the Beach!! |
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