5eme jour de vacances – 2eme jour de croisiere – 20 Aout

It’s 1:45am and I just got back to my room. Today was a great first day. I woke up at 7:30 this morning and Paolo and I went to the gym for 30mn. We then headed to the breakfast buffet!!! While we were having breakfast with mom and sis, we entered the port of Palma de Mallorca. We could already see from the boat that there were a lot of beautiful historical buildings and churches. We were ready for our first tour. We left the ship around 10 and took the bus towards the city center. The historical centre is very nice. Everything is maintained so well. We saw palaces, churches, an immense cathedral, more palaces, gardens… The weather was overcast but it was for the best otherwise walking around for 3 hours would have been a little less comfortable. After a zillion pictures (although my battery died and my brother's camera is acting up) and many “oohs” and “aahs”, we took the bus back to the ship. We needed a little food to recuperate from our long troll. We had a light lunch as the boat was leaving the port.

After lunch we went down to our cabins. Paolo and I started to watch a movie on my laptop but we both fell asleep after a few minutes. We rested and took it easy the rest of the afternoon.

We started to get ready around 7pm for the Captain’s Cocktail. Everybody dressed to the nine we went up to the lounge and met the captain and had a drink before heading to the dining room for dinner. We had a nice meal and our table mates got Dennis upset again!

Mom wanted to go see the show. I was a little scared but we all went anyway. Well, let’s just say it’s not the Queen Mary 2, but they did their best. After the “Parade of flags” mom went to bed and we headed to the disco for a little fun. The place got packed very quickly and it was really hot in there, but the music was good and we had fun. It is bed time now.