Its surprising how tiring it can be on a relaxing cruise?? we both felt quite tired after the trip but it did entail walking a long way for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and then perhaps after dinner drinks and so Noel walked more on the ship on a daily basis than he would have done at home, tiring but fruitful at the same time as it will help his knees and muscles get strong again.
So today we decided that a similar type of day would take place and so Jennifer spent some time reading and also do more time on the sewing,and when it came to lunchtime we enjoyed a a nice cheese roll. Shortly afterwards we left the Hotel in search of a Gas (petrol) station to top up the car and also visit Publix to purchase snacks and food for the next couple of days. We also agreed that a cruise around the Fort Lauderdale Harbour would be good and so we have booked ourselves on the CarrieB tourist boat for a tour of the waterways and view the expensive houses with also a visit to the Docking area for the large cruise ships which use Fort Lauderdale as a base.
The petrol station surprised is and has moved its credit card requirement from entering a ZIP code (which always caused issues not accepting UK postal codes) to a chip and pin process the worry I had about the process disappeared quite quickly. We did some shopping in Publix of smoked salmon and shrimps to have as part of a salad later that day.
In the evening we spent some time watching Tv firstly a documentary or managing a large cruise ship called the MSC Seaside which was quite interesting but we would hate to go on that ship as its full of drunks and parties and organised this and that and not our style at all as it was far to big with some 5000 passengers plus another 2000 crew, that requires a lot of lifeboats.
On a political front Putin has lot the plot, maybe he is on something but lets hope they can resolve this battle with Ukraine but I think the only people who can stop him are the Russian people who know have no opportunity to travel, Stock market failure, the rich losing all their wealth all because some idiot wants to take Ukraine. So hopefully the Russian Rich will bring some change or perhaps the military take over for the time being until someone suitable can be elected.
We are looking forward to our trip tomorrow.
