For days, the ocean has been gray and choppy – sending the water in the pool over the edge every few seconds. The North Atlantic has been kinder to us than it could’ve been, but today the waters became blue again, and we saw birds for the first time in six days.
Tomorrow, we’re about to stop in Stavanger, Norway… there was an excitement on board today as people were preparing to step foot on earth again. I, for one, am a little melancholy to see all the conclusion of our sea days. By now, we are seven hours ahead of our Tennessee home – oddly, at even eleven o’clock at night it’s still daylight here. We aren’t the type of people who select a cruise based on where it’s going – we select it based on how many days we’re at sea. And so, our favorite part is about to come to an end…
Today, Camille, Austin, and I played probably four or five hours of gin rummy, Naomi and I attended a cupcake decorating class before drawing pictures in the Oceaneer’s art lab, and David, Camille, and Austin saw one of the Star Wars movies.
Our days have been filled with books, food, and fifty thousand viewings of Teen Beach Movie. (No worries, Teen Beach Movie 2 is on its way!)
Anyway, Stavanger is Norway’s Petroleum capital… I have no idea what that means in terms of what we’ll do there. If you have suggestions, send them our way! (This was an add-on after Iceland was canceled, so the excursions are a tad lame. One excursion, for a mere $500, would allow us to go to a family’s home to find out what it’s like to live there. Um… no.)
Ideas?
Otherwise, I have a feeling we might end up on this big boat with our run of the ship.
Read more in this series:
Day One, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: Anchors Away
Day Two, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: Medical Evacuation
Day Three, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: College Admissions Conversation?
Day Four, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: The Gut Punch of New York
Day Five, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: Day at Sea
Day Six, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: Nova Scotia
Day Seven, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: I Didn’t Know Cinderella Was Real
Day Eight, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: The Worst Thing About This Cruise
Day Nine, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: Three Racial Moments with Naomi
Day Ten, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: Frozen’s “Freezing the Night Away” and Internet Withdrawal
Day Eleven, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: Birds
Day Twelve, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: Not Living Up to Vacation Demands
Day Thirteen, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: It’s Not Over Until Someone Passes Out
Day Fourteen: Meeting the “Genie-Soul” of Copenhagen
Day Fifteen, Trans-Atlantic Disney Cruise: The End, the Numbers, and a Final Word