11-02: Barcelona. Today we board the ship. We don’t have to check out until 12 noon so that works out well with our boarding time of 1:30p. We had coffee and a quick pastry across the street before heading out in an Uber. We got to the ship in plenty of time but sadly we stood in a VERY slow-moving line for over an hour to board the ship. Once we did get on, they did have a nice set up with stations to go to for help with purchases, Wi-Fi, RCCL app, and more. No welcome drink or even a coupon for one. I do have 4 drinks a day on my Diamond status, which of course I cannot drink 4 drinks a day! I’m sure Stuart will help me out. We checked our cabin; it is fine but as far forward as one can go in cabin 9500. Stuart’s luggage was “tagged” and they confiscated his Leatherman. He is not happy about that as he has taken it everywhere and it was accepted before. Tonight, on board we went to Izumi, the Japanese Restaurant. We liked it on Jewel and we like it here on Brillance as well. The line up of shows looks pretty good, except for tonight. We just checked out a few of the venues on the ship, spent a bit of time in the casino, played cards in our cabin, and went to bed early.
11-03: Valencia, Spain. Our first port of call for this cruise. We booked a tuk tuk ride through Get Your Guide. We had a little trouble finding the pickup location but thankfully the guy called my phone to clarify. We found him right away with instructions. The GPS walking route was not accurate at all. We were ready to leave but the other couple booked with us did not show. A third couple showed up and he was going to use them to take their place and off we would go. Once they got in and we started, the original couple arrived. So now we waited for them to switch and off we go. Anyway, after that we had a nice, albeit chilly, ride through the city. Valencia is a lovely city with a lot of green. I enjoyed seeing orange trees planted along the streets. These are sour oranges and not grown for eating. You see this in Brazil as well. We stopped at a huge museum complex, the most impressive I have ever seen. It is called the City of Arts and Sciences. It is hard to describe but it is huge and overall built to look like a fish swimming in the water. Back to the ship to warm up before dinner in the Minstrel dining room. I had some delicious chicken korma. The show was The Three Jenny’s. This is a Celtic group singing Irish songs, they were pretty good. A brief stop at the casino, cards in our cabin, and we called it a day.
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