Monday was a sea day. We were ready for a rest. Slept in a little later and I got over the worst of my cold. Our first time on Holland America and there are some notable differences from the other lines we've sailed on. They don't seem to communicate as well. We all somehow missed that it was formal night on Friday and had to do a very quick change of clothes. The quality and quantity of the entertainment seems a little inferior to previous cruises also. Jim got...

Because it was Sunday and a Spanish holiday in Mallorca, most of the shops were closed, so things were very quiet as we wandered through the old town with it's narrow little streets and alleys. We visited the main Cathedral, started in 1295 according to our cab driver. Mass was being held just as we were there so we stayed to listen to the pipe organ music, watch the priests do their incense thing, etc. Both the old town and the more modern commercial district re...

Because it was Sunday and a Spanish holiday in Mallorca, most of the shops were closed, so things were very quiet as we wandered through the old town with it's narrow little streets and alleys. We visited the main Cathedral, started in 1295 according to our cab driver. Mass was being held just as we were there so we stayed to listen to the pipe organ music, watch the priests do their incense thing, etc. Both the old town and the more modern commercial district re...

Finally got a half decent WiFi connection and time to catch up on my blog entries. We spent most of the day Saturday touring Barcelona on one of those open top double decker tour buses. You can get on and off whenever you want, which we did, and saw much of the city that way. Barcelona is full of fascinatingly unique architecture, most notably by Antonio Gaudi. We of course saw his famous Sagrada Familia, which is still under construction.