Early roll call this morning, as we are finally in a port! We docked in Aruba at 7:00 am and had to disembark right away to meet our tour group. We had signed up for a tour of the island and that's what we got! At first, we drove through what can only be described as poverty level housing. However, the further away from the port we got, the better the housing became. Everything is stucco with red tile or tin roofs and man, it was HOT! Rich's phone said it was 86 ...

No luck with the treadmills today. In fact, every single machine was occupied, so we went up to Deck 7 and just walked for about 30 minutes. You can't go all the way around, the very back is blocked off. We managed to work up a sweat anyway, so that's all that matters. I wasn't feeling all that great after we'd walked--the antibiotics weren't sitting well with my stomach, so I just joined Mike and Pam for breakfast and drank iced tea instead. After breakfast, it ...

Pam and I headed out for the ship's gym about 7:30. After scoring two treadmills next to each other, we made our way to the Horizon Court for breakfast. I have the Princess Messenger app on my phone and it allows me to text Rich without using my own plan! Pretty cool! So I told him where we were sitting and it wasn't long before both he and Mike joined us. We cleaned up and then Pam and I went to a jewelry talk--this guy named Pete is a princess shopping expert. ...