LAST EVENING
Captain Abhi Nicki came by every table in CR to say good bye. First time that has happened on a Regent cruise. KUDDOS!
TODAY
Up at 6am with breakfast from room service at 7:00. We were ready and left our suite shortly after 8:00 as that is when they asked us to be out of the suite so it could be prepared for the embarking folks. We waited in the Horizon Lounge with John & Cathi Begg. They were also going to the Barcelona Hilton as we were.
It was 9:09 when they called our color luggage tag to disembark. There was a long line as they called several different colors at the same time. Seemed like half the ship. Immigration line wait was not too long. They just wanted to stamp our passports. No Customs to check bags. The terminal room was pretty small for all the bags and people. I had to wait a while for a porter to help with our 8 pieces of luggage. Finally loaded on his cart and out we went. Dropped the 4 Luggage Forward bags and got in line for a taxi. We were second in line but still took a while for a larger taxi that our luggage would fit in. Got everything loaded in one and the driver asked if we were Sue Jones. She had a reservation so we unloaded and back in line we went. Finally off we went for Hilton.
The Beggs left after us but beat us to the hotel. Our fare was 15 euros and they said theirs was 19. When I started the check-in process she said our room want not available but before we had finished getting checked in one was ready. We are on the Executive floor and the Executive Lounge is just outside our door.
I immediately signed my laptop into the hotel's internet (free) and went to the American Airlines website and checked us in for tomorrow morning's flights. I could not print our boarding passes so took my laptop down to the front desk. The nice lady I had checked in with let me sign into her desk computer and I got the passes printed that way. All ready now and we are on the back row (row 5) of business class on a 787.
This hotel is also the layover hotel for all the American Airlines crews. I had a nice chat with a pilot and male F/A. They were Miami based.
This afternoon we took a little stroll outside. Lots of people on the sidewalks and I noticed a LOT more people here smoke, especially women. May watch a movie as I am getting Amazon Prime to play now that we are off the ship. Not much on the room tv in English.
Found this interesting meats deli.
From 6 to 8pm the Executive lounge will serve some hot and cold snacks, beer, wine, and sodas complimentary. I brought a bottle of our La Crema chardonnay and a thermos with some Markers Mark Manhattans already mixed up.
Our private car is scheduled to pick us up at the hotel by 7:15 tomorrow morning and take us to the airport. I have our alarm clock set for 5:15. Our American Airlines flight to Philadelphia, then connecting on to Phoenix, is scheduled to depart at 9:40. We may have to spend the night in Phoenix before catching a flight on up to Durango.
Captain Abhi provided some statistics about our WC: We traveled a total of 39,000 nautical miles (converts to nearly 45,000 statute miles). We visited 67 ports in 39 countries and had 59 days at sea.
I will be making another post after getting home, but it may be a coupe or three days.
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