Thought of my dad today on this Veteran’s Day. He was proud of his service in the Army during WWII. He dropped out of high school to join the Army. It caused him life long lung issues. Thought of my sister Kathy too as she too served as a nurse in the Army just after she graduated from nursing school in 1972.
We were to have had a city tour of Vienna today. I went down to eat breakfast and got part way through it and all of a sudden had tummy issues again. I made the decision to stay behind and am grateful I did as I beat a path to the bathroom for a couple hours. I skipped lunch and finally felt better late afternoon.
I stayed in my cabin most of the day. I skipped lunch and took two naps.
I managed to eat some dinner and then Nicole and I and two bus loads of our new friends went to a classic concert. They had a 7 piece orchestra, 2 ballet dancers and 2 opera singers. It was a delightful concert.
It started sprinkling on us as we boarded the bus for the concert and was still sprinkling when we came out.
We found out this evening that after we board our next ship tomorrow, we will actually get to cruise for the last three days. We are cruising this evening to our next port. The ship goes rather slowly so the motion awareness is not too high but I do feel it. The engines are fairly quiet – there is a slight hum in the background.
Tomorrow we have to have our bags out at 7:00 and then we have to be off this ship by 8:00. We can’t get on board the next ship until 10:30 and our rooms won’t be ready until 12:30. We are going to spend the morning at a small town and then sit in the common areas of the next ship until the rooms are ready.
After lunch we are supposed to tour an Abby. I will see how I am feeling if I do that or not.
There is a bug of some sort going through the group. Lots of coughing, sore throats, runny noses, etc. Nicole has a sore throat this evening. So far I don’t have those issues – my issues deal with my tummy but that is fairly normal for me.
I enjoyed the bus ride through the city tonight to go to and come back from the concert. It is amazing to me how similar the cities we have seen look. Many were badly damaged during the war and have been rebuilt in the same architecture style. Hard to tell what is new and what is old.
This part of the trip has made me aware of how tired my body was. October was way too busy for me and I was running on fumes. This down time has been just what I needed. I know I am missing sightseeing but the stimulation of that is too much for me to take in. I will continue to pick and choose what I do for the rest of the trip and give my body lots of down time so I can come home rejuvenated and ready to roll.
Grateful for the beautiful music we heard tonight, grateful for a day of almost silence, and grateful we get to actually cruise for a couple of days and reduce the hours we have to spend in a bus.