Cruisin!

We boarded the Zaandam after taking a walking tour of Valparaiso.  The tour was a “tour for tips”.   A pretty cool concept, as the guide gets rewarded for a job well done, and likewise not rewarded for poor performance.   (Our guide was great!)  We quickly unpacked for our two-week stay.  We booked a verandah suite, which I was expecting to be the equivalent of Princesses’ balcony cabin; and was pleasantly surprised to find it closer to a mini-suite….(I got my bathtub)!   Shortly after setting sail, we became aware that the seas were going to be very interesting!   The captain had warned us before ever leaving the dock that the wind would be 50 mph.    At bed time, they were at 58 mph!  We both took a Dramamine and slept great.   I’m not sure if it was the ship swaying or the fact that we haven’t cruised in several years and just haven’t gotten our sea legs yet.  We’ll see!