Now, to the reason I am adding this post. I had decided that since I couldn't add anything to the blog while underway from England to New York (no wifi), I would just write things down. After a couple days (Sept 15th through Sept 20th, to be exact), I read what I was writing and I thought the notes were becoming repetitive, so I stopped taking notes.
Today, I decided that, since I did write them, I would put them in the blog. Your choice whether to read thm or not.
Added 1/3/2020. Cruise ship to California via Panama Canfal leaves tomorrow: Check out our blog for this trip:
www.panamacanal2020.com
"Sept 15 - Go to Deal, UK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deal,_Kent
at the invite of Kathryn & John, our AirBnB hosts. Went to St. George church
https://www.stgdeal.org/
for an outdoor service and street fair. Great service and great fair. Met the granddaughters. After the service had coffee and donut. Had to return the car to Enterprise before 1 pm. Did so and they gave us a ride to the ship. Boarding ship went smoothly and we departed at 4:30 pm. It was a sunny day. Got to our room 7630 and Lilia unpacked and we went to the Rapunzel Room for supper at 6 pm. Met our table mates Dave & Toni from England and Kim and William from western PA. After supper went to the opening show at 8:45 in the Disney Theater. Good introduction show.
Sept 16 - Monday. Got up to watch us dock at Portland, UK. After eating breakfast, took the shuttle to Portland and wandered the streets and bought souvenirs. Had some food and coffee along the street. Came back and had supper in the Lumiere room. Went to the Disney theater and saw a group called JUNNK
https://www.junnk.co.uk/
who played drums and put on a show. Met Princess Tiana later.
Sept 17 - Arrive in Cobh near Cork, in Ireland. Again, we opted to take the shuttle to Cork. Did I mention that we saw a couple dolphins jumping alongside the ship? Anyway, we were not too impressed with Cork. It was just an old city that needed modernizing. Bought some more gifts and clothing for me and Lilia. Back to the ship for supper in the Animation Palate room. Went to the Disney Theater and saw an illusionist act. It was good. Then went outside for awhile and off to the room.
Sept 18 - Wednesday - At sea. Lilia went in the pool Weather was partly sunny and 62 deg. I met her there. We then returned to room and changed and went to lunch.Back to room to change for formal night. Looked at available activities and went to animation class.
Animation class was ok. Drew Scar the bad lion. Supper was back in the Rapunzel dining room. They had a pirate theme and Rapunzel came in and visited and said hi. Went to the show and saw a broadway style show.
19th - Thursday - Awoke not feeling too good. Sore throat and cough. Had fruit for breakfast, then we played cribbage until the animation art class began. We drew Mickey, then we started on Goofy The young lady who led us was Maria from Mexico. Almost forgot; due to hurricane Humberto, we will not stop anywhere in Canada as we will head south and around the bottom of the hurricane. We will arrive in NYC a day early and spend the night on the ship.
I went exploring. Checked out the exterior decks & the 3rd & 4th floor to see what was going on. Then went to the Spa area and worked on this. Again, forgot to mention, went to the infirmary and bought some cold medicine. Met Lilia when she completed the foot analysis (really just a sales gimmick).Then we played a round of cribbage and off to another animation class. This time we drew Mickey and Goofy. Next came supper in the Lumiere dining room. Theme was Frozen, but Donald Duck and the Chipmunks (Chip and Dale) also showed.
Friday the 20th - Got out of the room and went to have breakfast. Then off to the hat making project. Met Ariel and had pictures with her. Then to the noon veterans gathering and met two nice couples. One from Oregon and the other from Idaho. After that, went to the pool where Lilia was lounging in the sun (and wind) but I found a place in the sun and out of the wind. Saw flying fish this morning from our veranda.
Well, that is all I wrote freehand and then I figured it was becoming too repetitive so I stopped.
Our greatest appreciation to all who read parts or all of this blog.
Jerry & Lilia
P.S. On January 4th 2020, we are embarking on another adventure from New York City through the Panama Canal to San Francisco, California, with stops in Curacao, Columbia, Costa Rica, Mexico and California. I will put the name of that blog in this blog.
