Before I start to post about my most recent weekend, I should say that it was incredible. Never before have I really imagined myself aboard a cruise ship, especially not one with 5 friends in the Mediterranean Sea. Well, crazy things happen. As our long weekend approached, students in the house juggled their studies with booking travel reservations for our one extended weekend. Where will you go? For how long? How will you get there? Who will come with you? What will you do? etc etc etc. Now, it might not seem THAT difficult, but when juggling your plans and ideas with several other students who have just as much to say about it...it can get stressful. So, after talk of Paris, Croatia, Portugal, and various others destinations, a friend found a 4 day cruise... for $250. Welp, that sounds pretty good to me, after wanting to pull my hair out trying figure out destinations, lodging and travel methods, a cruise, with predetermined destinations, and provided lodging, food and travel sounded amazing. Especially for such a great price! The plus: The cruise left from Barcelona and visited Toulin, France and Ibiza, Spain before returning to Bacelona! I have always wanted to visit Spain, especially Barcelona and Ibiza, so the trip couldn't get more appealing. It was my first cruise, and a great one at that! Travel was booked to and from Barcelona, and I was ready to board on Thursday. We arrived in Barcelona on Thursday morning, and got to wander the streets and experience a bit of the city before boarding the ship. The few hours that i spent in the city definitely gave me a travel bug to come back, the atmosphere and culture were truly enjoyable.
We had booked three two person rooms, all inside cabins, to keep the cost low. But, after arriving on Thursday, we found that our rooms had been upgraded to balcony rooms! We were blessed with waking up to the mediterranean sea out our back door for the next four mornings :)
A few hours after boarding the cruise, and exploring its 14 decks, we enjoyed our first of 4 delicious 3 course meals. The dinner took place in a formal three level dining room. I was already feeling very spoiled!
We spent the remainder of our evening exploring the boat and its various nighttime entertainment. We stopped by a Welcoming Musical performance, and visited a few bars as well as the on deck club, "Jesters". It was really funny to see the atmosphere of the cruise, we quickly realized that besides children under the age of 15, we were younger than most passengers by at least 10 years...if not 50! The club was especially entertaining, with music from our generation playing in a loud and busy atmosphere, we were shocked to find many dancers on the floor were older than our parents. Despite the strange demographic, we had fun, and were definitely entertained!
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