Some good news first of all

My bags arrived. We can manage and have many times but it is such a thrill when your STUFF arrives.

For those that were on Canada October 2012 – remember Eric. Our bartender in the Stars Lounge that made our circles for us each night and remembered all our drinks. That was quite a feat there were a LOT of us. He has such a great smile. He came over with my diet gingerale he remembered! We are going to take a picture of him tonight and then post it.

Today we are in Sinop it is bright sunshine and just a gentle breeze. This is a very tiny town and only one tour was offered that visited the three highlights. There was a recreation of a Turkish house complete with furniture and wax figures representing the Turkish life style, a mosque and an archeological museum. You could really just walk into town and do this yourself. The house was the best and very well done.

We decided to do a little more shopping as although we expected our bags we were not sure they would come. When we were in Kusadsi we really could not find much and after the tour, lunch and getting some other things done we only had about an hour. So while we were at the museum we went into a local store and bought three shirts and at the mosque I bought two pair of shoes. The shoes are great and after we got back we figured out they were only $7.00 a pair. The shopkeepers could not speak much English and were all excited to have us in their stores it was a lot of fun.

Tonight Prime 7 to celebrate Peggy’s birthday! The ship is running very well, I LOVE the senior staff on this ship and it seems I know every waiter. So many good crew here.