Very little sleep for the weary last night. Lights out at 9:00. We fell fast asleep and were wide awake at 1:00 for a restless remainder of the night. It rained nonstop, so we had that to keep us company. I was up, dressed, and waiting for the breakfast buffet to open at 7:00. Dan managed to doze off just before I finally gave up and got up, so he didn’t mosey down until 8:30 or so. Enough whining already, time to slip into mellow vacation mode where whatever comes is part of the adventure.

Our little foursome met in the lobby at 10:30 for the four minute, $6.00 taxi ride to the port. Had it not been for the rain we could have walked. Checking in was a breeze thanks to all the pre-cruise online shortcuts. We were on board exploring by 11:15 and seated at noon for lunch.

There was a lottery of sorts, based on blind bidding, to get stateroom upgrades. Hettie and Ronnie and Dan and I submitted bids and we both “won.” We were excited to see the largest staterooms, in this case called Celebrity Suites, any of us had enjoyed preciously. We were not disappointed with our 467 square feet, two-room suites! It might be tough to coax us out of our staterooms when you add an 85 square foot balcony, walk-in closet, whirlpool tub, mini-frig, and two TVs. Would now be an appropriate time to give a shoutout to our butler Sabastian? Wink.

We spent the afternoon getting re-familiarized with the ship, which we have sailed on before, unpacking, organizing, and counting our blessing before meeting Hettie and Ronnie for cocktails and dinner. We are all pooped, so we’re passing on tonight’s entertainment and racing to bed so we’ll be fresh for our first day of exploring tomorrow.

… Observations …

All hotel staff we have come across has worn a mask as well as our four cab drivers
and employees at the attractions we visited yesterday.

The cabs we’ve been in have all had pretty cloth seat covers.

So far no ship staff is wearing a mask.