No, I didn’t bother to take the tour today. I figured it out. Instead I went for a short walk.
Well, not so short.
a lovely day for a walk
Instead of heading directly into town I went left to the old Navy port and where the Tui (Mein Schiff whatever) was docked. Turns out the old weapons are inside the current naval base, so no tour of those…). Then back to Port Pi (shopping center) and down Joan Miro all the way into town.
Would you believe that I found a yarn store? (duh you are probably thinking)
Katia yarn
You have to understand, I have drifted through Palma half a dozen times over the last six years and haven’t struck gold. This place was packed with yarn floor to ceiling. Also Anchor crochet cotton and a full range of embroidery floss. The lovely owner didn’t speak any English, my Spanish is close to non-existant. But I received help from a lovely English woman who has lived there for close to 50 years. She is originally from Camberley but moved to Palma when her mother remarried. She has extended family now in the area (sisters, stepsisters, daughter, granddaughter…) which is good since she has just started her second bout with chemo therapy, the last being a couple of years ago. She mentioned not having a lot of energy, obviously no hair and misses her eyelashes the most. Ruling out experimental therapy (and trips to Barcelona) she has decided that knitting would be better than crochet for now and is embarking on a sweater for the granddaughter.
We talked for a while, then each went our separate way. Me thinking that I have had it easy compared to her: chemo made me crabby and tired but not all that sick. I, hopefully have bought a few years before I have to make any more decisions. She is facing those decisions now: but more than two years with pancreatic cancer is quite amazing. Life is precious, but not at any cost.
From there I went on a hunt for hand lotion. No the ship doesn’t provide it. And a bit through the old city.
On the way back I walked through the start of a holiday market before braving what seems like the endless pier to get back to the ship…
MSC Seaside
all told I probably put in about 30k worth of steps (according to a fellow passenger who recorded over 15k walking just one way….
Hi Holly,
Please keep up the good posts.
Does your cabin have hot water?
I assume it’s not that unusual for a ship to be pressed into service before its 100 % finished.
Ron
We have hot water. Even have a door to the balcony that works once I figured out where/how to deal with the extra lock. We have a outlet or two that occasionally don’t work.
Reality is that you are not going to find out if everything works or not till you actually have people trying out everything and for more than a one time thing. Sad but true that passengers are going to find/break things. Most cost effective way to do it…