Venice and Dubrovnik, Croatia

This is the first of several blogs from our vacation. So many pictures! We are on a cruise without the boys and are having fun. I miss the kids though. I think of so many things each day that I know they would really enjoy. I know they wouldn't remember, but I think they would have fun. The logistics of travel are infinitely easier with out them however.

The first is of Mike and I on our balcony in our Royal Carribbean bath robes before we departed from Venice. Disappointingly, not only was it hazy in Venice (thank goodness it wasn't actually raining), but it was dark as our ship sailed out. We had been told that leaving Venice was really cool because you have a unique view of the city being so high up in the ship. But, it was dark, and we were on the opposite side of the ship from San Marco square (we didn't realize until we had passed it), so that was a little bit of a let down. This is the only picture we took on the way out. You can see--it's dark. It was still fun to finally be "off" on our cruise though.











We ate lunch on the ship and I loved this floral display and the carved watermelons. Mike thought I was silly for taking pictures of the food, but they're pretty cool right? :)











Dinner was fun. We have a good table with all young couples. One on their honeymoon, 3 that left kids at home, and 1 other couple. We went to the "Welcome" show afterward and saw a couple of acts.

We woke up to the Croatian coastline going by. So pretty. We had breakfast in the front of the ship and watched the scenery. The picture below was the view from our balcony when we docked. After breakfast though, things kind of began to go downhill. Mike had been up the night to use the restroom several times, and then was unable to keep his breakfast down. He saw the Dr, and they gave him Pepto and something else. They were really nice and let him go, but she said normally, the policy was to have people who were sick with GI issues stay in their room for 2 days. Yikes!






He was a trooper though, and we got off the boat and walked around the Old Town in Dubrovnik which was a walled/fortified city. The big church was in built in honor of the patron saint of the city.






Just a small chapel on a side street. Mike and his silly face at the gate to the city where we entered.











This was just inside one of the old palaces.


We came back on the ship to eat and after, Mike was sick again. So, we are praying that he starts to feel better, and that I don't catch it if it's a virus! I told Mike it wouldn't be a vacation unless someone got sick or hurt, but hopefully he'll be over it by tomorrow and will be able to enjoy the rest of our trip!