It has been a drizzly, rainy day in Vienna. We had a side trip to the capital of Slovakia today but I stayed behind. It was a walking tour of the city for three hours followed by two hours of free time. I needed a rest and recharge day.
I had breakfast with Nicole before she left on the tour. I came back to the room and after she left I took a morning nap. While I was napping the guy came to fix our door. It was hard to get it open. He worked on it for a bit, left and then came back a couple times. I just laid in bed and let him do his thing. When he was almost done he came further into the room and set a can of something on the dresser. He turned and found me in bed. I think I scared him. He was very apologetic about coming in the room. I assured him he was OK and no worries.
I sent laundry out to be done today. They said it would take 24 hours to get back but to my surprise they delivered it back before lunch today. Wow, that was fast and easy.
I went to the lounge and had a cup of tea and found the library. You can take a book with you. I found one to read while I drank my cup of tea. Guessing it is common for guests to leave behind books they bring to make more room in their luggage for souvenirs.
At noon I went to the lounge again and had lunch. One of the ladies we have visited with before had stayed behind today as she is getting a cold. We had the nicest lunch while visiting. She was most interested in Love in Action and asked lots of questions. She used to be a flooring contractor so we had owning a business in common.
After lunch I came back to my room, wrote some emails and made a few phone calls. Nicole got back around 4:00 wet and cold. I was glad I had stayed behind.
They had an afternoon tea that we went to. Interesting selection of goodies and I ate enough that I don’t have to go to dinner tonight.
Nicole is off playing darts and is going to the group meeting before dinner to find out what the tour is like tomorrow. If it is a totally walking tour I probably won’t go again as it is to be rainy again tomorrow. I so much enjoyed a quiet day on the boat without many around. This may be my only opportunity to see Vienna but I will enjoy a quiet day even more.
We have a concert to go to tomorrow night so I will see the city then. We aren’t sure if the concert is before or after dinner. They don’t give us those details until the night before.
I saw a video of the square in Krakow where the shooting took place. They had a silent vigil over the weekend and I guess had more people in the square than ever before. I was with them in spirit as the shooting feels personal since we were just there.
I like river cruise ships much better than the big ones. I can manage the size much better, it is much quieter and lots less people. It has everything I want and need. It doesn’t have the food stations 24/7 but I don’t eat that much right now anyways. They have cookies and coffee and teas available 24/7.
I’m grateful Nicole found a group of other single women to hang with so I don’t leave her stranded alone while I stay behind. She had lunch with the group today and seemed to enjoy it.
We have eight more tour days and then the long day to get home. At least we get home on the same day we leave unlike coming over which we arrived the day after we left. Same travel time, just going back in time going home. The flight from Brussels to Chicago is only two hours according to the ticket.
I think the boat actually moves either tonight or tomorrow. We have been pretty much stationary to this point. We did move once to change positions at the port. I didn’t feel it move though.
Thursday we change to a different cruise ship for three more nights. Then we bus to Prague and have a couple more nights there. We depart a week from tomorrow from Prague to Brussels to Chicago and then to Kansas City.
Grateful all my clothes are clean again, grateful for a restful day on the ship, and grateful for this adventure.