At Sea - Day 2

Today was our first full day at sea, we are travelling from Barcelona to Naples.  I believe it is approximately 1200 km (although I may be wrong).  We spent the day at the gym and the pool, just relaxing.  Around 1PM the boat passed between St Tropez, France and Sardinia, Sicily, which was really cool.  The highlight of the day today was my parents "wedding."  The ceremony took place at 8PM at the Skylight Chapel.  We didn't think it was possible, but their wedding was smaller than ours!  SEVEN PEOPLE!!!  It was really nice.  They were both dressed to the nines, with my mom wearing a beatufiul ivory dress.  We (the five kids), got her a bouquet of white roses and a boutineer to match.  It was really sweet. They both wrote their own vows, which they had a hard time getting out.  It didn't last too long, but it was perfect and I know it was what they wanted, so we were happy.  After the ceremony, we headed to the champange bar, for a nice wedding toast (by Jeff) for the happy couple.  It was a nice day.

The festivities start tomorrow.  We are docking in Naples and plan to take a private car to Pompeii, Positano, Sorrento, and Capri.  We look forward to seeing Pompeii and showing my family around Positano, one of our favorite places in the world.

Till tomorrow....xoxo

Barcelona - Day 1

Sorry for the delay, wifi is not availble in the room, so we are sitting at "Pig and Whistle" on the boat, the very quaint English pub on our boat writing this blog.  (we are pretending it's Irish, ha) 

We arrived in Barcelona, Spain at 11:35AM yesterday and headed directly to the ship, The Royal Caribbean, Voyager of the Seas. We were the first to arrive, so we were able to explore the boat and lay by the pool with a few cold Coronas (you just can’t take Mexico away from us). We were upgraded to a suite, so we are loving our "stateroom" experience!  The family arrived around 4PM.  So we were able to catch up and talk about how we were going to spend the next 7 days.  Not too much going on yesterday, as it was our first day.  The ship departed Barcelona at 7PM and sailed all night.  We had our first family dinner on the boat, formal seating at 9pm.  After dinner we headed straight for the casino, but that didn't last long, single card blackjack wasn't treating us right, either was the 3 card poker.....or craps.  Jeff might have shed a tear or two...LOL

Tomorrow should be more eventful.  It is our first and only full day at sea, so we are going to enjoy the sunshine and mojitos poolside.  My parents are also renewing their vows tomorrow evening at the chapel here on the boat.  We are really excited to be part of it!!!  Stay tuned!!!

Day 1 - ORD - DDF - BAR

We are getting really excited for our adventures on the MED!!!  Together with my sister, her boyfriend Mike, my bro, and my parents, we are setting sail from Barcelona, Spain and will be touring the Mediterranean.  We are celebrating my parents 22 years together!  Here is our itinerary:

Barcelona, Spain
Naples, Italy
Rome, Italy
Florence, Italy
Nice, France
Provence, France
Barcelona, Spain

We leave from O'Hare today at 4:15, fly into Dusseldorf, then off to Barcelona.  Our ship, Royal Carribean's Voyager of the Seas, embarks at 7PM on Sunday.  Check out the boat:

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/content/en_US/pdf/fastfact_vy.pdf

Talk soon,
Jenn