Cruise Day 3 (cont.): Malta (& Gozo)---Part 2

....OK...sorry for the interruption!  As lovely as Corsico is----I definitely didn't want to get stranded here, so I definitely needed to log off and get myself back on the boat...plus we have a character sketching class in just a bit with Robyn, our adventure guide, that I don't want to miss!!

So, for your viewing pleasure I've included a collage here of more shots that Jason and I took while we were visiting the Blue Window.  While the Blue Window itself is certainly the GRANDEST feature of that coastline...it's by no means the only beautiful thing to look at.  The rock formations and waves were really breathtaking...so we took LOTS of photos there!!  It really was awe-inspiring and the weather couldn't have been nicer.  We even bought a nice handmade ceramic magnet that features the Blue Window in a ceramics shop in the artisan village (for those who don't know, we collect magnets from all the places we visit on vacations and we display them on the walls into our basement/den which are painted with "magnetic paint."  On this journey we have really been adding to our magnet collection with all the ports and destinations....as I get closer to the end of the trip I'll try to post a picture of all the magnets we've collected so far.)

Anyhow, the Blue Window was amazing and we could easily have stayed there for a couple hours and enjoyed ourselves...but, alas, the tour must go on! 

Cruise Day 3: Malta (& Gozo)....Part 1

I'm BAAAAAACK!!!!   Actually, we are sitting in a park in Corsica, at the port of Ajaccio, and there is free wireless internet here....so I thought I would make a quick post myself of one of the blogs you've missed in teh past few days while I've been offline!!!   In the coming days, however, you WILL start seeing more activity here on the blog because my dear friend, Hadley, who lives in Germany has volunteered to spend her mornings while we are on our journey posting my musings and photos since I cannot (As many of you know, she started figuring out the workings of our blog earlier this week to get our pictures posted.)  Please bear with her as she continues to figure out the ins and outs of making posts here but also join Jason and I in extending a HUGE THANKS to her a  for her willingness to help!!  

So, without further adieu....here is a post about our Day in Malta....and in the next few days (with Hadley's help)  postings will start to appear about our adventures in Tunisia, Naples/Capri, Rome, Corsica...and then the rest of our journey as we finish our ports and cross the Atlantic....

Well, Day 3 of our fantastic voyage had come to an end....and boy were we tired once the day was over---what with the sun all day and getting up early (after being up probably later than was wise the night before) and a long day of activities!  Day 3 was our first official port ) during the Mediterranean portion of our cruise:  Malta (as you can see from our magnet of the day---featuring Disney's new princess, Princess Tiana----not because she has anything to do with Malto or the Mediterranean...but just because she's fabulous! LOL).  It was also our first day to truly experience what Adventures by Disney is all about.  Obviously we have had a few small events on the ship the last couple days and have spent some time getting to know Robyn & Tina, the adventure guides, and some of the other folks in our group....but we haven't actually done any touring yet.  So before the day even began, we were excited and ready!!

Words Are Worth 1,000 Pictures?!

OK..so you might be wondering what that odd subject line is all about, huh? LOL

Well, we've heard back from a couple of our dear friends (Sandi & Hadley---hey gals!!) who are following the blog that our attempt earlier this week to submit a blog entry by email (as opposed to logging onto the website, which is blocked) was somewhat successful.   We are still not only not able to access the page to edit it or add new posts...but we are also not able to even view it.  So we've heard now that the text we emailed appeared on the site OK....but that the pictures did not.   So....we are moving in the right direction!  Something is better than nothing, right?!  LOL (And I've also heard from them that many of our readers have commented on the blog that you'd rather read our stories without pictures than have nothing at all.....and it may come to that! 

Day 2: Day At Sea

(NOTE:  So I tried to log on tonight and while the internet is working, the blog website is not (it's being blocked by the DCL I.S.P. again....grrrr)....so we're doing an experiment here.  I actually DO have email  access and technically I can send emails to my blog that should post as blogs.  We aren't really sure how this will work in terms of images and formatting, but thought it was worth a try.....but be warned you may be looking at a post that doesn't work at all.  If that is the case, then when I finally can log on again, I will try to delete and/or fix it.  I am really hoping that this works because I'd hate to have to not post my daily blogs.  Even though writing these blogs does eat up some of our free time aboard the ship and makes for some late nights....I have to confess that I really enjoy writing them because:  1.)  it is a great way for Jason and I to recap together how we spent our day and really crystallize some of our memories, AND 2.) I know that so many folks out there are enjoying reading our posts!!)

Anyhow, Day 2 aboard the ship, a sea day, has come to an end----and it was a fabulous day.  You can see our magnet for the day in this post---we were particularly happy with this one because it has the ship out to sea and is cute because it has Dumbo in it (there were only so many characters we could put flying over the ship! LOL).  In the past we've had people ask us (especially when they hear about us doing the TransAtlantic cruises with so many days at sea), "Don't you get bored being on that ship and not being able to get off and go into a port?"  Jason and I always just shake our heads and think----the only people who can be "bored" on a Disney ship at sea during a day are people who have no idea how to have a good time!! LOL Today's sea day was great and we didn't have one "bored" moment all day.

We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties.....

Just wanted to log on and give a heads up post to all my readers....apparently for some reason we can't figure out, the internet service provider that Disney Cruise Line uses to offer us our internet here on the ship has intermittently decided to block blogspot.com/blogger.com----there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to how or when or why it happens...it works for a bit then is blocked...then is blocked for hours on end and magically re-appears a few hours later.  We have talked to the I.T. folks here on the ship, but it appears there is nothing they can do about it to create a permanent fix...and they also cannot explain how or why we're having the problem (but do recognize for some reason that their I.S.P. is actually blocking the blogger site).  *sigh*

Amazing Cruise Adenture Day 1: ALL ABOARD!!!

 (Note:  Sorry this post is late....it is now Thursday morning here on the ship but last night as I was trying to upload all the images in this....after 1am...blogspot actually went down on me and I ended up being up until after 2am fighting with it and using up my internet minutes and couldn't get it to work...so had to get up early and hope it was fixed this morning...which it was....I hope you all appreciate my dedication to my loyal readers!! LOL)

Well we're aboard the ship and Day 1 is coming to a close.  Our main image here is our door mini-magnet for the day.  If you recall my previous post about door magnets, you'll remember that we created one large main magnet that surrounds our stateroom number door-sign and creates a "frame" for a separate mini-magnet for each day of the cruise.  From this point forward, the main image for each blog will be the magnet-o-the day....so you'll have to imagine that magnet within the larger one on our door and then also imagine all 24 of them getting scattered along the lower portion of our door as the cruise proceeds, as well!

Anyhow....today was a very eventful day...lots to do but a great day! (And it's late now and I probably should go to bed....but just for all you loyal readers I am staying up to post a blog....thank heavens tomorrow is a sea day and we can sleep in a little bit! *wink*).  So on today's agenda was to get to the ship, board the ship, meet the Adventures by Disney guides, do the safety drill, hand out lanyards to our fellow back-to-back cruisers (there are about 30 of us who ordered lanyards....and then at least a dozen more we met who are B2B but who opted out of lanyards), and then also have dinner and enjoy ourselves, as well!!

Two Years of Waiting----& It's FINALLY Here!!

I kind of wish this picture (taken with my phone) that I took when we woke up this morning had turned out better (and those darn sky scrapers weren't blocking our view LOL)....but this is, indeed, what we woke up to: an amazing sunrise in a nearly perfect sky over a beautiful, calm, blue, glassy sea-----a PERFECT day to board the Disney Magic (for those who don't already know, that is the name of the ship we'll be spending the next 24 nights on)!!