Valencia

After going to sleep last night about 11pm, I finally woke up this morning at 10am! I had already woken and gone back to sleep a few times during the night, and I’m sure I could have slept further this morning if I’d let myself. In fact, I regretted not staying in bed for longer. Yesterday had obviously been a bit too much for me – though worth it – as not even a can of Coke Light and a few squares of chocolate could give me the energy to go out. That was okay as I had not planned much for Valencia, just in case it was the day I crashed. There was nothing that I had a burning desire to see.

The ship docked at midday, with the plan of attaching a ramp to the ship so people could progress to an overhead walkway and stay out of the busy port area. See where the two connect? (These photos are taken from my balcony, which is almost the centre of the ship, so gives me a great view of docking procedures.)

However, one size does not fit all and it could not connect at the other end with the ship.

The staff had to work hard to put out the gangway and portable barriers to make sure no one was run over by a car or walked into the water.

I spent my early afternoon sorting photos from the day before and catching up on Wednesday’s blog. It seems that they were testing the satellite connection, as once again I was not asked to log in and must have connected to the internet for free. That was probably the reason why it took about twice as long as usual to upload each photo.

Seeing this is an American ship, I thought I’d better sample a Texan hamburger for lunch. Very nice – but only once a year.

From the afternoon tea room I was able to see part of the Formula 1 race track, all ready for the big race the next day.