After a full 12 hours of sleep in Rome (do ya think it had been a long week??) we had a car pick us up from the hotel to drive us to the post city of Civitavecchia (chee-vi-ta-VECK-ia) and boarded the Holland America ship, the m.s. westerdam. As we were boarding, we noticed large groups of men getting off the boat. That seemed quite unusual, as it's more likely to see groups of women traveling together. Keep reading for an explaination...Upon reaching our cabin, we found a dehumidifier and a carpet blower. The carpet was drenched. There obviously been a problem they were trying to resolve.
Long story short, at 6pm, we had to go to another cabin, two floors down and about half the square footage. There were no other suites available. It was hopefully just for the one night so we refuse to unpack. So now with the luggage and the beds and no room, we have to step into the hall to change our minds. I continue to check on the room, it's now Friday morning, and am pestering the concierge hourly. They for some reason removed the blower last night and I'm trying to get that replaced so there is a chance we will be able to get in there today. I'm playing up the "old lady" card and we will negotiate compensation when we finally get back in there. Just very frustrating because we can't unpack and spent yesterday just wandering the decks.
Thursday's dinner was good. There were only two others at our table for eight. They are life-long friends from Baltimore and Portland. Sadly, I can't remember their names right now. Will have to ask again tonight.
We have met quite a few others during our plight. There is a couple in the cabin next to ours with the same issue and there are three people from Oklahoma that we run into in the lounge.
This ship has been in dry dock for two weeks and has had an extensive remodeling. Sometimes you will go into a lavatory and the faucet is laying on the sink and two hours later it is installed and working. All of the carpet is new and pilling as new carpet does. We have determined that the groups of men at the dock were some of the remodelers. Some of our new friends were on the repositioning cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to Italy, and they said there were about 3500 workers on board making the upgrades.
We were able to find the casino....I know you were all worried about that. At least I know where to find Mother...
The internet package seems much more reasonably priced, so I can feel connected and keep you updated on our trials. Heard that some have had troubles leaving comments, so it's not just you....unless you're the one I blocked because you can't be trusted. ;-)
Just cruised past a small volcano. Here's the picture.....imagine a small mountain coming out of the sea with a flat top and steam rising from the center....got it?
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