When I woke up today I was smiling,
still thinking about how good yesterday was J. Have you ever laughed at your dreams? I don’t know what I
was dreaming about, but it was a funny dream and I was laughing and it felt
good. It was already light when I opened my eyes and I knew that meant I needed
to go to the gym. My smile was gone … I went to the gym and there were many
people on the treadmills already. I had to go to one that had a tv, but the tv
was broken. I like these treadmills because they have a representation of a
track showing me how far I have gone. It is good to see that. After 2 miles I
was sweating like a dog and went down to my room to shower. I had forgotten it
was Sunday and my mom had gone to church. I went upstairs and had a ham and
cheese omelet and then I had an appointment at the spa for a facial and body exfoliate.
I wasn’t sure what that was, but I won it during the BINGO thing yesterday so I
went. It made me feel good and then it was time to get off the ship and explore
Cartagena. I really like this city. The tour we took was:
Medieval Cartagena By Horse Carriage
Transfer by coach to Plaza Santa
Teresa, where a horse and carriage stand ready to transport you
around Cartagena’s beautiful Old Town—a voyage back in time to the days
of the conquistadors. You’ll ride along the inviting, narrow cobblestone
streets and through squares inside the walled city, admiring the flower-filled
balconies that glow in the light spilling from colonial mansions. Stop for 10
minutes to photograph the Fort of San Felipe de Barajas, a 17th-century
construction acknowledged to be the most important work of Spanish Military
engineering in Latin America. Surrender to the majesty of this historic city,
where age-old squares are surrounded by towering colonial, Republican and
Spanish-style buildings—it’s easy to picture life 200 years ago in this
wealthy, cosmopolitan port. Visit the former city dungeons at Las
Bovedas, which have also been used as military barracks, a munitions depot and
a jail, but today local artisans display their work there. You’ll have between
15 to 20 minutes for shopping before returning to the ship.
We took a bus to the old town and
then a buggy ride around the old city. Lots of colorful buildings and lots and
lots of flowerboxes on the second floors with pretty flowers. The city seemed
colorful and you could tell they took pride in their city. We went into a
couple of stores to look at emeralds and didn’t find anything my mom really
liked so I bought a hat and we headed back to the ship. On the way we stopped
to take a picture of an old fort and I bought a necklace from a street vendor.
Another present for Sarah? We got back to the ship and ate lunch and I took a
nap for a couple of hours. I had wanted to see the movie, Romancing the Stone,
which was filmed in Cartagena, but I slept through it. When I woke it was time
to go to see the magician comedian and he was very very good.. I like seeing
people laugh that much. We then went to dinner which was very good. I went back
to my room to watch the Grammy’s a little then went to the night club and
listened to the live music. The last thing I did was go to the show put on by
the Filipino staff from the crew and that was fun to watch. I wish I could sing
and dance like that. Tomorrow is the last Dancing With the Stars so I hope I do
better at that one.
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