So, after my last post, we decided to check out what was happening on the ship. We went to the piano bar for a bit to listen to some, wait for it, piano music. The piano player was pretty impressive. He did not have any sheet music and just played, and he sounded great. He even took recommendations. After the piano bar, we stumbled in on adult karaoke. Unfortunately, we only caught the last song. We will have to go back another night. Cindy then suggested that we go to the club on the ship.
When I say that Cindy was in her element, that is an understatement (IYKYK). We stayed at the club until about 1:30 a.m. It was a lot of fun. There was a group there – a family group who were/are celebrating one of the member’s birthdays – and they were a lot of fun. They got the dance floor going at one point. And Cindy made her first new best friend on the dance floor (again, IYKYK). The count is on to see how many new friends she makes on this cruise.
Day 2 – Kotor, Montenegro
I woke around 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. on Day 2. Cindy and Dawn slept in a bit. I was out on the balcony enjoying the view, and as we started to approach land and see different cities/towns in Montenegro on the way to Kotor, I decided it was time for Cindy and Dawn to wake up and see the views. After getting ready, we went to breakfast and headed to the tender to get to the port. The ship could not dock in Kotor, so the only way to get to land was to take the tender. The process was super easy, especially since we are staying in a suite, which allows us to get priority boarding. Yes, we are those people. When we got to land, we decided to take a city tour. The “hop on – hop off” tour allowed us to, yes, you guessed it, get on and off at the different stops. The only stop where we got off was at the beach.
The water was amazingly clear and warm (picture will be posted at some point – again, the ship’s Wi-Fi is less than stellar, and we paid for the alleged enhanced service). The beach was made up of stones – they were not sharp, but they did get a bit hot from baking in the sun. Also, when you stepped into the water, you sank a bit, so that was interesting. After getting our feet wet in the water, we decided to go and get a drink at the bar. I had an iced coffee, Cindy had a tropical sunrise (enhanced with rum), and Dawn also had a tropical sunrise (not enhanced with rum). The waiter then tried to get us to agree to an excursion where a friend of his would come and pick us up for a speed boat tour – do we look that naive, sir? We respectfully declined. He then had trouble with his credit card machine, so we paid in cash. After we settled the bill and were leaving, he approached Cindy and asked if we had a Visa card as they prefer to have customers pay with credit. Well, the card Dawn initially gave them was a Visa, and Cindy let him know this and said thank you and walked away.
We made our way back to the bus stop and waited for the tour bus to pick us up. We got on and returned to the starting point. From there, we walked into Old Town to look at the shops. We made some purchases (not going to disclose them here as some were gifts) and then returned to the dock to board the tender back to the ship. We met some nice people on the tender and had a good conversation during the trip from the pier to the ship. In fact, one of the people that we spoke with was at the club the previous evening. A funny thing happened before we got on the tender. As we were walking toward the line to get to the tender, Dawn says, how are we going to get to the ship? Are we going to have to swim? I am just going to let this sit here.
As we were waiting for dinner, we looked at what is on the schedule for tomorrow – Day 3 Corfu, Greece. We discovered that there is going to be a Jeep Tour, so we decided what the heck, let’s go for it. We will be driving our own Jeep during the tour. Who am I kidding, I will be driving as the Jeep is a manual transmission. The tour will bring us to the beach and a place for lunch, in addition to touring other parts of Corfu. We are looking forward to it. Dawn is a little concerned with the narrow roads and 27 switchbacks that were mentioned in the tour description. Despite this concern, it is going to be a good day.
Tomorrow we have to report to our assigned location at 7:30 a.m. for the tour, so this will be the end of this entry. As always, thanks for reading.