Like giddy little school children Adam and I boarded our cruise in NYC. We successfully made it through the metal detectors with all our hidden booze (tip for all: box wine) and opened the door to our room with such excitement. It was truly incredible as we sailed past the Statue of Liberty into the open seas; toasting to one another with champagne.
The next nine days were amazing... amazingly lazy, that is. Our days were filled with stuffing ourselves with food all day and migrating from lounging on the Lido Deck to chillaxing our room. Aside from those two very strenuous activities we threw in a few hours of activity in the gym and playing tennis and basketball here and there.
After six days at sea where all you saw all day, everyday was endless ocean we finally hit land: IRELAND! Still sporting our sea legs we ventured to Blarney Castle, home of the famous Blarney Stone. I passed on the kissin' but Adam stepped up to the plate and proceeded to get man-handled by a burly Irish man who positioned him upside down so he could properly smooch the rock. I think he gets the gift of gab for that...we'll see how that pans out :) After an amazing time at a pub with some local Irish dudes, several beers and an invitation to host our first born's christening there...yeah, we got close after only an hour...the several beers and whiskey may have had a part in that...we headed back to the ship for our final day at sea to Rotterdam, Netherlands.
All in all the cruise was fun: great food, relaxation and plenty of laughs together. We perfected our southern redneck accents, gained enough weight to eat as little as possible in Europe, hoarded some Cheerios, again to eat as little as possible in Europe, learned chess and basically just had a blast.
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