Well, we are in South Hampton, and it is a four hour stay. We had to go through immigration and get up really early and there's not enough time to even get off the ship, other than to go into the terminal to try for Wi-Fi. However, I can update you on last night's competition – I did not win! There was a couple from Holland, who have done many many Holland America cruises with dancing with the stars. They came prepared – they videoed the combination, ...

Last night was a pretty rough crossing / the seas have been pretty choppy for days. Today we are wending our way towards Southhampton.. I wanted to start the day with a lecture by the resident rabbi but neglected to note the time change and missed it... So we headed to breakfast before the rhumba class. If was nice and slow so Joey and I were able to do it together. We had been invited to a Mariner society luncheon (that means we've taken a Holland America ship p...

This is known as "the city of glass" for the look of its many windows. We took a tour bus around the city - and saw the Tower of Hercules (the oldest working lighthouse in the world), a lot of terrific coastline and famous Galician beaches, the new Tower, the Galician octopus statue, one of many military cannons that protected A Coruna in WW2. The tour skirted the coastline around the city. Since we will be back here again on the second leg of the cruise, we hope...

So. Since we slacked off our tourism the last two days we thought we would get back on the horse - at least, the hop on hop off bus. What a disappointment!! We headed to the top and plugged in. Nothing but music. On any channel! For an HOUR!! I took some pictures along the way, but I couldn't figure out where we were from the map, so I finally went downstairs and asked the driver which channel was English and before climbing back up, plugged in downstairs. And th...

Slept late, walked to the train station to sit with free wifi for a long time. Joey can't remember his passwords so we can't use his phone for anything.. If you need to contact us use my phone. Sigh..all the work to have his phone available with a California number down the drain. Passed some street musicians on the way back to the ship. So I managed to book a massage today - it wasn't half bad!! But I needed one.. Dinner back with our usual table was nice with l...