Isolation Day – Lots of mother-daughter bonding today. The ship doctor offered to find me another cabin while Anna is isolated, but honestly, what’s the point? I’ve been sleeping 2 feet from her for the entire trip. I’m either immune or doomed at this point.
This was our view of Barcelona today (first photo below). Sure, other people spent the day looking at Gaudí masterpieces, but we got a private viewing of this architectural marvel. It’s breathtaking, no?
Anna is feeling a little better today. She’s been able to keep down all fluids, some dry Frosted Flakes, and a bite (singular) of plain spaghetti.
Watched some movies, ordered some room service, read some books. Repeat. Repeat again.
Snuck out of isolation to do a load of Anna’s sick laundry – good times. I still don’t get why it takes 3 hours to run a wash cycle. I hope it means her clothes are really, really clean.
Silver linings of isolation day: 1) have not broken a sweat in over 36 hours. We have the room A/C set as cold as it will go, which is 20C. 2) missed out on the mass protests in Mallorca and Barcelona today against over-tourism. Protestors are heckling tourists and squirting them with water guns. Not at all sad we didn’t get to participate in that.
At sea tomorrow, but (knock on wood), out of isolation. Hoping for a continued trend toward recovery. We’ve got things to see!
Beautiful sunset from our balcony tonight.
Cheers!
Travel date: June 16, 2025
Don’t you mean gaudy, not Gaudi? I’ll cut you slack since it was probably that damn spell-checker! 😜
I was planning on settling the whole Gaudi / Gaudy question that day. Will have to wait for the do-over!
Hope your daughter is way, way better by the time you read this ! Do not blame the Spanish an iota for demonstrating about the over-tourism which obviously is there . . . but, of all the Mediterranean destinations, would have missed Barcelona the most . . would love to live there awhile (what gorgeous markets and shops and food and lifestyle besides Gaudi!) . . .
Unfortunately, the sickness she had lasted a few more days!! Really missed seeing Barcelona – raincheck!
Sorry she is ill. Looking forward to more photos of Barcelona! Gaudy or Gaudí!
Thanks, Rebecca. Had to take a raincheck on Barcelona. Disappointing, but you gotta stay flexible, right? Cheers!
Yes, traveling is all about being flexible.
Three hour wash cycles are one of life’s mysteries. As is why an ATM beeps loudly when dishing out money, just so any nearby robbers know when to pounce. Glad Anna’s on the way up, though unfortunately you missed out on a great city.
Ah, yes. The chirping ATM. We play a game where we try to find ATMs that are NOT Euronet. Such a scam, those guys. Cheers!
The trouble with Euronet is that they charge a flat fee and not a percentage, so if you draw a small amount their “take” is punitive. The only way round it is to draw larger amounts and then “decline conversion”, but you probably know that anyway. On this trip, we’ve discovered that the ATMs marked “Multibanco” don’t charge our UK card at all, so using them and again selecting “decline conversion” is giving us a fair exchange rate l
We try to find a bank ATM whenever possible, but I know you know – it’s not always possible!