Today was our first stop in Spain. We decided to start the day off right and had
lunch at the Tamarind restaurant. Lunch
is complimentary but is only offered on select days, so we made sure to book a
reservation ahead of time to reserve our seats.
It was quite delicious.
We had a Hot and Sour Soup (which was actually spicy), followed by Fried
Rice, Dim Sum and Spring Rolls. To
finish, we had deserts consisting of Mango Ice Cream, Green Tea Tiramisu, and Coconut
Ice Cream. Although lunch wasn’t nearly
as good as the first dinner we had, it was still very nice and I’m hoping to
return.
Once we left the ship, we began walking around in the town
of Cartagena, which was right off the pier.
The weather was quite chilly in the late morning and required a jacket
and scarf. While we were walking, we
noticed quite a lot of people biking around with the same t-shirts. We later found out that there was a bike
marathon occurring.
Throughout the town were beautiful flowers, which Hildy
really enjoyed. Flowers are one of the
few things she’ll actually stop to take a picture of with her camera. An aspect which Hildy didn’t appreciate, but
that Jessie and I did, was the graffiti.
It was quite artistic and displayed beautifully.
One of our first stops was the Modern Art Museum. This was housed in a colloquial building
which was transformed from a 19th century home into the museum. We only had about an hour before the museum
closed, which meant that we couldn’t see the whole thing. As it was, Hildy and I could quickly browse
through the exhibits, but Jessie needed time to appreciate each piece and felt
rather rushed.
Following the museum, we bought drinks at a local halal shop
and then walked along the adjacent promenade to view the beautiful
gardens. We came across the old bull
fighting ring but were only able to look at the exterior, because it was closed
for reconstruction.
As we continued walking throughout the town, we stumbled
upon a building designed by one of Gaudi’s students. It was set in a lovely square with huge
tropical trees. We spent some time just
sitting here and observing the great architecture and beautiful
surroundings.
A little while later we came to an archeological site filled
with ancient roman baths. Hildy didn’t
want to go into this exhibit because she was worried that we wouldn’t get back
to this ship in time.
As we continued walking we came across a shoe store and
Jessie found a pair of shoes. Hildy wasn’t too thrilled to be spending time in
a shoe store and this made tensions rise a bit, but things settled down again
once we found the Euro Store and we all found some things to buy.
After shopping, we called home to wish mom a Happy Mother’s
Day, but the reception was horrible. We
continued walking towards the pier and saw some beautiful fountains. Further on, we saw a huge sculpture of a
naked man. I decided to have some fun
and pose with the sculpture. We later
learned that this was a monument commemorating the victims of past terrorist
attacks. This information made me feel a
little guilty of my slightly inappropriate poses.
The walk back to the ship was scenic and it was lovely to
gaze at our huge cruise ship amongst all of the little boat in the marina.
Once we were back onboard, we went for dinner and were surprised
with beautiful red roses in honour of Mother’s Day. One of the servers inquired about my rose and
said that it’s for my future children. I
shocked him by replying that I have six kids at home… he wasn’t sure how to
respond to that. I love to “press
buttons!”
Following dinner we went to ShowTime and then headed to bed.
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