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Transatlantic Cruise
We departed the Port of Miami on April 19th for a 12-day Transatlantic cruise aboard the Norwegian Epic. There was one stop on Day 9 at Funchal, Madeira before the cruise ended in Barcelona, Spain.
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Day 12
End of the cruise, arrival in Barcelona, Spain.
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Manhattan Band
We stayed and listened to the band for a while before dinner. They were really good!
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Awesome pic
The only picture we bought from the cruise! Awesome picture of us with Spongebob and Patrick!
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Spongebob!
We came out of a seminar and saw SpongeBob Squarepants and Patrick in the Strium taking photos!
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The bridge
We hadn't seen anyone on the side bridge since we left Funchal but someone had to be in there. They pulled some shades down.
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Cute box
We got a kick out of the box graphics. Cute!
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Pizza!
Since we spent most of the trip sleeping late and doing nothing, we were tired after waking up early and going on our tour so we stayed in and ordered pizza for dinner!
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Desertas Islands
After we left Funchal we sat in the atrium a bit and then back to the room. We sat out on the balcony and saw the Desertas Islands.
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Atrium nap
We decided to sit in the atrium and watch people come in from their tours. It was entertaining. We even saw someone try to run in with liquor past security! Bill took a nap.
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Cloudy
We were glad we got back to the ship when we did. When we got on deck, dark clouds started rolling in.
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Back to the ship
We waited in line, not for a long time but for a bit and then they opened up the other entrance. Of course it was right when we past where that was us that could have just walked right on in. Oh well.
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Tour time!
Waiting for our tour to be called. The ship has to be cleared first.
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Clouds
The clouds made the sunrise beautiful. We stayed on our balcony for a long time just watching it.
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Bridge
We finally saw people on the side bridge!
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Land!
We woke up on day 9 and we were at Funchal, Madeira!
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Dinner
We ate dinner at La Cucina, the Italian restaurant. They gave us a really good table by the window. We could see the bow of the ship and the clouds lit by the sunset.
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Ocean Pic!
Another beautiful day and calm sea!
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Dora again
After we'd been sitting there about a half hour, Dora the Explorer and DIego came out again for a meet and greet. I know they have other Nickelodeon characters. We keep missing them.
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In the atrium
Yay! The movie ended and we got good seats in the Atrium!