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We’ve arrived in our second port this morning, Cartagena, it’s a pretty little town/city where wed park up right in the city. So it’s a short walk from the ship to the shops and attractions. But before we head into town we need breakfast first, that is taken in the PG restaurant as usual, bircher muesli, yum! And since we’ve been here many times we had decided to spend a little time lounging in the sun, so headed up to the Grills Terrace where we hoped to grab a sun lounger. As luck would have it there were plenty available, everybody was obviously off the ship.
Even though there were only a couple of people using the sun beds, someone had staked their claim on a couple in the prime position as there was a bag, and book left there, despite Cunard’s stated policy is don’t reserve sunbeds. These people never returned before we went to lunch at 12:30. We had a light-ish lunch of spaghetti carbonara before heading out. We walked down to Deck A where the gangway was today passing through the Atrium where Jane excitedly pointed out they now have the Xmas tree up in that area, and very nice it looks too.
We left the ship and had a pleasant stroll alongside the Marina and into town to have a look around and possibly grab a coffee, we’ve previously visited most of the attractions so today was more about just stretching our legs. We had a very nice coffee at Coffee Lab an artisan coffee place down one of the side streets. We then did a loop around the Roman Forum before heading back towards the ship and since I’d had a “light” lunch I persuaded Jane to allow me to have an ice cream from the Gelateria, a single scoop this time because as nice as the double scoop was, it was a bit too much. I don’t know how anyone manages a triple scoop.
We went back up to the Grills Terrace to eat my ice cream and grab a lounger out of the sun this time, which was a good thing because most of the loungers in the sun were taken. Even out of the sun it was pleasantly warm. After which I went to the Grills Lounge to grab a cappuccino, but to my dismay there’s no barman on duty from Afternoon Tea at 15:00 until 17:30. I asked Eli the concierge if I could get a coffee and she asked the PG Maitre’d who dispatched a waiter to get me a cappuccino from somewhere and leaving me feeling guilty for putting them through so much trouble.
After all that excitement it was Commodore o’clock so we headed out via the Grills Terrace, Pavilion Pool and Sky Bar on the off chance it was warm enough to drink al fresco, the sun had just dipped behind the mountains so it was just slightly too fresh for Jane, so back down one deck and the Commodore Club for a Doombar and Dark ‘N Stormy.