At Sea

Today we are at sea. After touring part of the ship yesterday after getting on board I got a traveler's tension massage which was awesome. I fell asleep at least 3 times while the lady massaged my feet. We ordered room service for dinner and watched the first 30 minutes of Bolt before we decided to go to bed. Woke up at 2:20 hungry and wide awake. So we decided to be bad and order more room service and finish Bolt. We got salmon, a cheese plate, an apple tart and a plate of cookies. I'm sure we've gained at least 5 pounds already.

This morning I woke up at 8 am and decided to go to the thermal room before breakfast was delivered to our room. I entered a raffle yesterday and when it was time to call the winner no one showed up due to a miscommunication. For our trouble, the spa gave Dane and I a free day at the thermal spa - an aromatherapy pool, heated tiled mosiac chaises, rain showers and steam room. Anyway - I went there in the morning and it was beautiful. I was the only one there and the thermal is in the very front of the boat. I grabbed some cucumber water and sat in the hot tub watching the water, listening to Enya and just enjoying some very peaceful solitude. I spent an hour in there and went back to the room for breakfast. After breakfast Dane and I took a tour of the kitchen on the boat - which was amazing! Then we walked a mile on the walkaround (actually we jogged one lap till we discovered jogging is against the rules - no wonder we got the stink eye). Then we explored some more, including the "teens only" oasis at the top of the boat in the back. We figured since we are probably the youngest couple on the boat, save any crew and staff, that age is relative and we qualified as hooligan teenagers.

We are still exploring the boat. I have a detox appointment at 2:00, I'm sure after my night in Amsterdam I will turn the detox pad black. We are eating dinner at the elegant Pinnacle Grill tonight, which conveniently coincides with the first formal night on the ship. Other than that, we have no plans.

Tomorrow we port in Stavanger, Norway at 7:00 am. We do not have a tour planned and are looking forward to exploring on our own.

In other news, I think my Mac laptop was stolen. I specifically remember packing it and it wasn't in my luggage when I unpacked yesterday. We are waiting to confirm that it is not at Mark and Angela's house but I have a vivid memory of packing it. I'm hoping I'm just being silly and it's there. Otherwise that sucks. We did get travel insurance and we do have renter's/homeowner's insurance so I should be covered all around. Luckily I didn't have anything that can't be replaced on that computer, like pictures or papers or stuff like that. Sucks, but what can you do? I find it funny because one of the very reasons I got that laptop was to travel with and what not and yet here I am using the internet cafe on board. :-)

Dane has nothing to say. BORING! Actually he does want to say that we saw a dutch fist fight on night one. Awesome.

That's all for now. We got an internet plan for the boat so we will probably be updating this blog daily to bore you with sappy details of our totally awesome and relaxing cruise.