The last day of our cruise has arrived. We arrived at Palma, a city on the island of Mallorca, just off the Spanish coast for our last port visit. I have been here ten times from my time with the US Navy, and my wife and I have been here before, back in 2017. This time, we decided not to go ashore, and weather was poor- temperatures in the 40’s (Fahrenheit), winds of 40 miles per hour, and rain were making conditions outside miserable. Combined with the fact that out pier was a long walk to anything we would want to visit, we made the decision to stay on the ship.
It was a good choice. The ship has a glass enclosed pool deck called the solarium, and we spend the majority of the day lounging next to an indoor pool and hot tub. Once the ship got underway, we went to dinner before heading to the sports bar to watch some sports and have a few cocktails. We also enjoyed some jazz musicians before heading back to our cabin to pack our things for an early morning departure.
The next morning, our plan was to begin the land based portion of the vacation, and I knew I would not want to risk connecting to this blog through the Internet, as I am well aware of the European idea of free speech- or lack thereof. More on that tomorrow.
As a side note, I don’t usually post a lot of self-information like this, but to be quite honest, all of the disaster porn of the fall of the US, although my most popular posts, is getting difficult to write. It’s a challenge finding fresh content, and it’s a bit depressing as well. So these posts are a way of escaping the ever expanding list of bad news, reminds me that there are still plenty of upbeat topics out there, and disproves the leftist trope of those on the right being uneducated and untraveled morons.
The last of our room charge was wiped out by this little guy.
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