Friday, October 11, 2013

Day 1 and 2 the cruise…Happy Hands!


I will break this up into sections: the cruise and the land excursions.

Leaving Venice on the Costa Magica
 
Traveling on a cruise ship is like traveling on a full time mall with dance clubs. We have the food court - your not too fancy restaurants, and your high end restaurants; of course the high end restaurant is not much different from the average one, but I guess you get really good service. We are just happy to be on the average ticket. Oh yes we decided to buy the inclusive beverage option as we love our cappuccino and  vino and on board these items can be pretty costly.

The spa was the first thing I wanted to teat myself to. After getting on and off the trains, my nails were looking a bit shabby. So a nice manicure and fresh nail polish would put me in a better mood. Well at least it did for a bit, until Steve told me the cost! $120.00!! Well I wasn’t ready for the sticker shock but Steve says he loved the job they did. So after a nice vino to ease the sticker shock, I guess it was worth it! I now have happy hands.

Before dinner we took in the stage show and found it pretty good - it was a one man show and he did some incredible gymnastics, and between sets there was a bit of singing.  After the show we both decided to be selective for future nights.

 
When you are on a ship such as this you are given a seating table number that you will be at for the rest of your cruise, so we were hoping  to have good table guests. We were not disappointed and they all seemed to have the same views of the ship as we did and we all soon were sharing conversation about family and how we arrived on this particular cruise. They are English and Canadian.

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