Friday, June 22, 2007

Arrival in Barcelona, 16 June





We arrived in Barcelona on Saturday about 10:30 am (1:30 am Pacific) after 18 hours of travel and three flights. The movie from SD-NY was Stranger Than Fiction and there were two movies from NY-Madrid, Music and Lyrics and I can't remember the second [it was The Astronaut Farmer-great movie!]. We got two meals on the NY-Madrid flight, dinner and breakfast; breakfast was served only four hours after we had had dinner - much too soon. But I ate breakfast out of boredom. Both Madrid and Barcelona were slightly overcast. At baggage claim, we found the suitcase lil Z packed had been torn open and taped closed. Zman later found a note from the TSA that they had opened the suitcase because they couldn't get into it. Odd, since we bought all four of our luggage locks at the same time, same brand and supposedly TSA accessible; there was no problem with the other three. We were able to board the ship about 12:00 or 12:30 but the staterooms weren't ready so we had lunch; at 1:30 pm, we went to our stateroom and mega-napped. The suitcases were delivered just before 5:00 pm and Zman unpacked for us.
Dinner was at a restaurant called Parrot Cay. Joining us at our table and restaurant rotation are Sarah and Bob, newlyweds from Pittsburgh married in December and honeymooning on the cruise, and Jeff, Susan, and Katie from Alabama.
PS
Got the waist money belt at JFK airport.

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