We didn’t have any excursions planned for the day so it was
a pretty lazy day.
We woke up at a reasonable hour and headed out to the
immediate area around the port. There isn’t much out here outside of a gas
station, a couple of markets and a few restaurants. After breakfast we decided to
go to a market we’ve seen a few times while out on our tour buses. We had the
hardest time getting around and didn’t make it to that market. We headed out to
the main street, picked a direction and walked hoping we would run into that
market. No such luck! We headed back to the ship for lunch.
Before lunch we stopped at the gift shop in the port. They
had a bunch of your standard souvenirs, Fabergé eggs and a wall of babushka dolls.
I’m not sure how the people that bought the eggs would get them home… They’re
so fragile and everyone that shops there is a traveling tourist. The babushka dolls
were separated into 2 sections, the traditional babushkas on one side and other
themed babushkas on the other. They had Disney, Harry Potter, world leaders and
American athletes on the dolls. I wonder if any actors or athletes knew they
were babushka dolls. I think being a babushka doll would be weird.
After lunch my mom went to the front desk to get a map and
to ask where that market was. We ended up going back and forth a few times
because we couldn’t find the area where we were supposed to make a turn. We
were able to find a market but it wasn’t the market we were looking for, this one
was much closer. We bought a few items and ended going back a second time for
more stuff.
After we sorted out our stuff we lounged around until the
welcome reception and another excursion orientation. We arrived late so we
missed out on the champagne… Bummer! Well, off to dinner we go.
We had set sail a little before we had dinner so we took
pictures as we passed by interesting buildings and sailed under bridges after
we were done eating.
Today was a pretty laid-back day.
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