Took a taxi from the Renaissance Barcelona to the port....double checked that our driver knew where the ship was berthed at Terminal S. Since we'd been on a ship at the port in the past, we realized as he went over the bridge to a different terminal that he was going the wrong way...we pointed to where our ship was clearly at Terminal S, at which point he did a U turn on the other side of the bridge, did not say a word or adjust the meter and took us to the correct terminal! No tip for him...hate being taken!
Our luggage was checked by the port personnel. While we were on lone, our friend Marilyn saw us and came over for hugs and hellos...we hadn't seen Marilyn and Wally in 2 1/2 years! Within 15 minutes, we were checked in, had our key cards and were onboard. Service was wonderful from the first moment. We were pointed to the Terrace Grill, found a nice table outside and had a very good lunch. Tina and Tim joined us when they boarded and in short order, the announcement came that the rooms in our category were ready. Our cabin is lovely, larger than we have had before, with a nice sitting area ( complete with a bottle of Champagne), bathroom with tub and shower (albeit a small one) and lots of storage space. We unpacked - reporting that one bag was missing ( it was delivered later in the afternoon), and toured the ship. It is really lovely with 4 specialty restaurants, Main Dining Room, Terrace Grill buffet, And Waves Grill. The pool deck is nicely laid out with terry covered lounge chairs, double lounges, and hot tubs. We are really looking forward to the coming sea days to enjoy all of the venues. We have reservations at all of the restaurants with friends and will review them as we enjoy them.
Art and I enjoyed a pre- dinner Martini and the pianist who took requests and played our favorite song 'Love Walked In' ( and one of Art's long time favorites - Scotch and Soda) for the first time then thanked us for introducing him to the songs that he now planned to include in his repertoire
We had dinner in the main dining room with our 4 friends and a couple that are friends of Marilyn and Wally...wonderful food, great menu variety, and excellent service! The show tonight was an Introduction to key cruise staff followed by an amazing Classical Tenor who blew us away with his voice and diversity of music.
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