Transatlantic Cruise (6/5 - 6/10)

 After that... we were in for 6 "Fun Days at Sea!"

Kenzie's personality in a progression of photos:

1) Are you watching me?

2) Whatever, I'll touch it anyway

3) You caught me... but I'm innocent!  Really!!

Saw this sign on someone's cabin door and it made us laugh.  Told Kaitlyn to pay attention!

We were a little disappointed that there was no Seuss at Sea breakfast this trip.  But they did have the characters for meet and greet/ photos.  So we got to rock our themed shirts anyway!

Kenzie loves when we get a stateroom steward who poses her stuffies!

Lido Deck decorated for the Italian Street Festival planned for that evening.

We passed within the 30 miles of the Titanic.  This post on our cruise Facebook group really made us laugh!  This was also Day 2 of near constant fog.  We got real used to hearing the horn go off every 2 minutes for days (and nights!)

It was also World Ocean Day, so there was a special cake.  We just happened to be on Lido without knowing about it beforehand... and got a piece!

Kenzie continued her cruising duck collection.  It seems like everyone who hides them manages to find her! 

That smile you get when your sister attends the 80s Deck Party the night before and you find (and claim!) her glow stick!

More cruise photos!  Kenzie made fast friends with one of the photographers, Punha.  Every time we'd see him, he'd yell "Kenzie!" and run around her chair to make her laugh!  We learned later that he runs an orphanage and they have several children with special needs, so he was drawn to Kenzie.

Pensive Kenzie!

Kenzie loves playing cornhole!

We had to get a picture with this background since Kenz was in her pirate dress!

We did Teppanyaki for lunch one day.  Kenzie shocked us with her eating this cruise.  One night for dinner she ate three (yes, THREE!)  hot dogs for dinner!  While at Teppanyaki, she tried lobster for the first time and signed 'more' (another night she expressed interest in trying prime rib- and yup, she signed more for that too!).  I joked to Kevin that we always knew she was high maintenance.  Now we know she is high class too!

She loves watching the fire!

Jaymar was awesome.  He had this little wind-up chicken that he let Kenzie play with.  After he was done cooking, he thanked Kenz for taking care of his chicken.  Then changed his mind and told her to keep it!

Reaction to the onion "volcano"

Last formal night was the Captain's Gala!  The free drinks are always a bonus, lol!

Senior Officers

Us with Captain Claudio Cupisti.

Transatlantic Cruise (6/2 - 6/4)

The next day we arrived in Lisbon.  To be honest, we ended up mostly disliking this port.  Many of the cities and buildings we've been to in Europe have been (surprisingly)very wheelchair accessible.  That was not the case in Lisbon.  It was difficult to get around the city- even walking!  And the only building we were able to get Kenzie into was one small museum.  If it weren't for two really great restaurants we found, this port would've been a huge bust for us!

Stopped for breakfast at a little cafe where Kenzie had a stare down with a bird who wanted her food scraps and Kaitlyn tried the coffee that came with her breakfast.  She claimed she liked it and drank the whole cup.  I'm convinced we don't actually share and DNA, lol.

Square, church, and museum on the site of the birthplace of St. Anthony of Lisbon aka St. Anthony of Padua.  

For lunch we stumbled upon this restaurant and it was amazing!!  The Cafe Restaurante Martino da Arcadea has been in operation since 1792!

Almost had a moment of panic when my fish came out with a face, hahaha.  Luckily the waiter chopped that off and presented me with this!

What else?  More Sangria!

Next up was another relaxing Fun Day at Sea and our second Elegant Night of the cruise.

Then we arrived in Ponta Delgada in The Azores!   This port was beautiful!  And so easy to get around.  The city center was a very short walk from the cruise terminal and it was mostly flat with beautiful, patterned sidewalks!

Kaitlyn and I got off the ship first for a tour.  We traveled to Sete Cidades where we viewed the caldera,  the green and blue lakes, and had some free time in a small lake-side town.

Kevin and Kenzie headed towards the city center...

where Kaitlyn and I met up with them after our tour!

Couldn't quite get Kaitlyn's pineapple in the photo, but don't worry... unlike mine and Kevin's, hers was virgin; haha!

That night we had dinner at the steakhouse on board.  I was really impressed with the color of my drink!

And relaxed on the balcony afterwards.  It stayed light out until almost 9:30/10 PM each night!