Today we were in yet another country Koper, Slovania…it’s
amazing to be in 4 different countries over 4 days,,,truly.
And it was a darn good day. Terrace after terrace of beautiful
restaurants right on the water, with rocks and cliffs and little cozy seats
facing the vast ocean. Exactly up our aisle.
We spent the first couple of hours in the old city just
walking around and eating ice-cream. We found a great flavor of gelato called
“Magica”. We went back from seconds on the way back. We found a wife café too
on a cute shaded terrace and connected and wrote a few emails. With the time
difference and cruising it is nearly impossible to connect.
Then we took a bus tour to ….about 30 minutes away. Again
gorgeous and we had a great lunch unexpectedly. For some reason I didn’t think
we would like the food in Slovenia-but we were fond. Beauty had mussels, Hubby calamari
and me a salad and pasta. The salad was beans and Sauk rout and tomatoes and
really cool. And a new kind of beer to try-pleasant surprise they had what
Hubby ordered after two days in countries that did not.
Then Beauty was allowed choosing one souvenir on the holiday
and she found it today. A cute short pair of hot pink and white striped shorts
and two little tight t-shirts with a bunch of holes all over them. At first
when I saw the shirts I said “No way!!!” But when she tried them on with the
brace and the bodysuit she has to wear all the time-it looked juts fine and fashionable
(hidden perk of this brace that tweens can’t wear subtly stuff)
We had such a good day and even put our feet in the ocean.
It was really hot. The two of them love climbing up bell towers and ringing the
bells and today was no exception. Beauty found seashells she wanted to get but
they were too deep. We saw a parade of school children in the city too and a
little girl singing a solo.
It’s going to be hard to leave this trip.
Then back to the boat and it were soo hot and the water sooo
clam. Amazing. Hubby and I went in the pool for a real swim and then sat on the
upper deck reading and sun tanning until 7:30pm. Beauty shocked us by being all
grown up and saying “I am going for a run” And she put on her exercise clothes
that she looked 16yrs in and her headphones and ran and ran on the track on the
boat. We watched her from the pool and Hubby kept saying “is that our
child????” Yes ..yes it is.
And then she met us on deck 14 and she was wearing her
new outfit!!!! And she said “this is going to be my brace break outfit!!! I
love it!!!” It was full of lots of holes and no brace but she looked adorable
and very European. I feel so happy for her when she feels good in her clothes
and feels stylish and fashionable. Most of her clothes show now her brace which
she is ok with …which a miracle is and we are grateful. So when she has a break
and takes it off she goes all out even just for a walk to the mailbox.
The kid is growing up. So much for my bodysuit brace
holey shirt plan! Oh well!
Tonight dinner in the dining room and then the last show
of the week. And earlier bedtime 11:30pm so we can wake up at 6:30am and watch
the cruise come into beautiful Venice. I can’t wait to see our girl experience
it. We will go back to the same rest for lunch where we went with BearJ
4/5 of the people are leaving this cruise tomorrow. We
are so not done and part of the lucky1/5J)
the best part of this trip is starting soon..man I love Greece and their food
too!!!
Will miss my Mommy on Mother’s day though. Hope our boys
treat their Grandma with extra care that day. I hope we have brought them up
well enough to do that and remember!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We can’t even call home
that day as at sea all day…..I hope she knows how much I love her. Best mommy
for real. Through and through I just love her…all her parts.
