Tuesday At Sea

This is the noon report from sea. We are currently about 300 miles from Florida, about 3000 miles from our first port of call.
The day started very early yesterday with a 4 am wake up call for the 6:20 flight. We were sitting at the Smith terminal where there is nothing open and nothing to see. While we were in Washington doing one of those new puzzles and we almost missed the connection to Florida. Arrival was good except standing at the luggage claim and no blue strapped luggage pieces to be found! Finally a Princess rep came over and told us he had our luggage. It had arrived on an earlier flight. The cab ride was an adventure as we waited about 15 minutes to get into the port. They were checking id's and it was worse than trying to cross at the tunnel!
Ship arrival and boarding went well. Buffet was first on the agenda. The rest of the time was spent trying to get to know this ship. We have never been on this class before and all the bars and venues are in different places. Needless to say we were very tired from the day.
All the table mates showed up which is always good. We have 2 couples travelling together from California and a mother and son from England. Dinner was the prime rib which was excellent.
We had a time change last night and with the travel and all we were still in bed at 9. Hated to miss dining room breakfast but sometimes you need to sacrifice. Buffet for breakfast! Line dancing (beginnes class) and then an artist demo with one of the featured art auction painters and finally a 2 mile walk around the deck finished the morning. We do have the normal range of afternoon activities with formal night tonight. We will be able to post pictures to this account so that will be better than I could hope for.