It's just after five and we are somewhere mid-Med on our way to the South of France. The list of what I've done so far today extends to being pampered at the barbershop, eating, reading my book and playing Jake at table-tennis and shuffleboard. It's a hard life!
As we have another formal night tonight I decided, based on John's recommendation, to have the 10 o'clock appointment at the barber - he nobly agreed to get up earlier for the nine o'clock slot. 100 bucks seems like rather a lot for a shave, but it was a whole hour of pampering including massage and facial treatments.
Yesterday was Gibraltar, and after my initial comments about it getting warmer all the time we actually had some rain (normal sunshine service has been resumed today). We didn't opt for a tour of the rock - we went to visit the cheeky monkeys last time we were here, so we took the shuttle into town. Not much to blog home about - reminds me of the Channel Islands in that home but not quite home way. Highlights were a trip to M&S (!), two new PSP / DS games for Jake, and an opportunity for Nicky to reacquaint the credit card which her favourite jewellery shop. It had moved since we were last in Gib, but that didn't stop Nicky's retail compass from homing in.
After a restful sea day today we have a few "busy" ones coming up. Tomorrow we are in Villefranche (and going to Monte Carlo), the next day is Livorno (going to Florence and Rome) and the day after that is Civitavecchia (going to Rome). Better make sure that the camera batteries are well charged.
John and I went to the casino last night for some roulette. Without going into too many details I can confirm that I have some new lucky numbers - 9 and 12, and that I came out ahead. No doubt I'll be giving it all back soon enough.
One other thing - Nicky has seen some dolphins, and has the photos to prove it - ambition achieved.