Geezers @ Sea: Spa Edition

Today we landed in Malaga...and since I don't have good feelings about Malaga, we stayed onboard Viking Jupiter. Way back when, we were robbed in Malaga, and while the chances of that happening again are slim, I didn't want to put ourselves in harm's way. 

Our one bad experience started as the other DrC was unpacking our rental car and I was checking into the hotel. DrC unloaded our rental car. He placed our backpack against the car, and someone took it when he was looking away. The packback that was filled with lots of goodies such as a good camera, a laptop, jewelry, cash, a list of my credit cards with numbers, expiration dates and security codes, as well as our letter to board the ship. As soon as I discovered that the backpack was stolen, I canceled the credit cards.  But now we had no $$$ except what we each had in our wallets (not much). 

At that point in time, we were lecturing on cruise ships, and we did not have "tickets" for a cruise, we usually had our names on the ship's roster and a letter from our agent saying we were booked as lecturers. Most cruise lines accepted the letter and let us on board without question...but if we did not have the letter, we might not be able to board. However, if our names were on the ship's roster, we could board without the letter. The whole time we were in Malaga, we were worried we could not board the ship and we did not have any way to buy tickets for the flight home. It was quite a dilemma. Turns out, our names were on the roster and we were able to board. We had backups of our lectures in our suitcase, so we gave our lectures as though nothing had happened. But--instead of visiting the Alhambra in Granada and the countryside we visited the local police station and reported our loss. We had to stay in Malaga to get "stuff" squared away. It was not fun and fraught with lots of disappointment. I think you can see why we did not want to go to port today. 

When our ship landed in port today I went to the spa instead. I enjoyed the lovely swirling waters in a smaller jetted pool and a much larger jetted pool; both were warm and yummy. We had the pools to ourselves. After getting the appropriate amount of "doneness" we showered and changed for lunch. Then to round out the day, I took a nap on the lounge chairs by the indoor/outdoor pool. It was all good. And, I did not have to worry about the ladrones (thieves). 

We've done a lot of traveling as you know, and we've only been robbed once...in Malaga. It was a good day to stay home and enjoy the ship. As an aside, only 52 people stayed onboard--so we had the boat to ourselves. It was glorious.