Vigo spain

I went through all of yesterday without using either my computer or the internet. Aren’t you proud of me? Lol. I was certain the connection would be crap anyway. Like it is now, sigh. I really have to get on top of this doing internet while at port thing.

Speaking of port, today was the Spanish city of Vigo. Never heard of Vigo? Don’t worry, you’re not the only one. So far no postcards have been written – Most shops were closed in Rouen because it was Sunday, and I didn’t want everyone saying “why did I get the postcard from Vigo???” It was actually a nice little city. It is part of the region of Galacia, which historically was one of the Celtic nations, and it was also inhabited by the Romans for a while. UNESCO has named it a heritage site for its old buildings and whatnots. A lot of them were practically ruins, especially in the “old quarter” we wandered into. It is especially known for a cathedral called the Compostella de Santiago, but we didn’t go there because it was kinda far away and we were doing Vigo on foot.

There was some neat shopping but I didn’t actually buy anything. I almost got these adorable shoes that were black with little skulls on them, but all pointy and formal and adorable, but it was in this hole-in-the-wall shoe store that had people in it and the owner only spoke Spanish and I couldn’t actually reach the shoes because I only saw them in the window and I think they were size 39 but I think I’m a European size 42 or something... wow run on sentence.

We just wandered Vigo a bit, didn’t do a tour or anything. It was a nice place, I enjoyed being there, but I don’t think I’ll ever go “hey, let’s go on a trip to Vigo” or anything like that.
In the meantime, ship life has been great. Last night was formal night. It was fun getting dressed up. We went for drinks after dinner. Y’all seem fascinated by the cruise food thing, so let’s see, what did I have for dinner? There was this appetizer with fruit – kiwi and grapefruit with a raspberry sauce. Then I had a chilled yoghurt and green stuff soup. Main course was fillet mignon, as it often is on formal night. Yum. For dessert (don’t mock me) I had nutella ice cream. My after dinner drinks were a triple berry daiquiri and a mojito. We went to the show, which was the singers and dancers doing movie songs, and took some fun pictures on deck while it was windy. The whole day was super windy actually, and a little rocky. There are a lot of wusses on this ship complaining about the rockiness. They ain’t seen nothin’ yet. I love rockiness. It’s good to be reminded I’m on a boat.

Tomorrow is Lisbon. We have a hop-on-hop-off bus tour booked. That should be good.

Some Formal Night / Vigo pics: (Well I'm gonna try...)