This morning Sonya woke up with a stabbing earache caused from sinus/allergy issues. We thought it might ruin her day, but after some great medicine and another hour or two of rest, she was able to function well enough to enjoy our first port of call in the Provence region of France at Toulon. Actually we docked at La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is across the bay from Toulon, and took the Harbor Ferry across the bay to Toulon. Rick Steve’s book recommended this method of transportation. It was easy and only cost 2 Euros each. We only spent about an hour in Toulon - shopping at Place Louis Blanc and strolling the boardwalk by the bay. We couldn’t resist a few tarts and pastries from a local bakery. For some reason we only made it bake to the ship with one of the three that we bought.
After lunch in the Windjammer Café again, we spent the afternoon relaxing by the pool. And I must say, the weather has been perfect so far. Mid-70’s each day with absolutely no rain. Dinner was incredible again. This time we started with crab bisque (Jeff) and scallops (Sonya) and both had a main course of beef tenderloin medallions with mushroom gravy. Dessert included double-strawberry cheesecake and sugar-free chocolate mousse. Oh yeah, and the crew surprised us with a double-chocolate cake to celebrate our anniversary (even it was a few months early). We enjoyed conversation with our Chinese friends again and traded email addresses. They were very interested in our adoption of Katie Lin as we were in their backgrounds and culture.
After dinner we attended a show called, “In the Air”. It was a weird mixture of rock opera, dancing and acrobatics. Very impressive, but the kind of stuff that causes bad dreams. Haha. Annette attended the show with us while John got John -Paul to sleep. We had more conversations about adoption. Good stuff!
Finished off the night checking emails and watching Obama shut down the government. By the way, the internet is very expensive on board the ship - $0.75/minute. Needless to say, we are making great use of internet cafés while on shore.
One last thing… We learned tonight that there are over 3900 passengers on board (900+ are Americans) with 1300+ crew members. That’s a lot of peeps.
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