Finally Greenoch

     We finally made it to Scotland! We slowed down during the night as the strong winds caused the ship to take longer to get here. Apparently we were rocking a bit from the waves but it was during the night! The end result was that we were almost an hour late getting here. It was probably a good decision not to take a tour.  

 

Scottish Countryside

   All systems seem to be back to normal today.. The Medallion system is now being used on this ship. It means faster internet and that is great for us. Gaining of an hour meant that we had a really good long sleep.

  We did 45 minute zumba class with a different instructor. She was better than the instructor we had yesterday but it is basically zumba gold which is a good thing. At breakfast we met university professor/actress who lives in Los Angel but grew up in Detroit.

In Greenoch

She has very fond memories of Windsor. She said that once through the tunnel and into Windsor, it was very quiet. That probably is not a good thing. We had a very lively and interesting conversation with her. She is on sabbatical and will stay in New York to see if she can find some acting jobs. The others 2 at the table were 2 Australian women who were the most miserable people we have met. We don't usually find Australians like that.

     Greenoch turned out to be a very nice little town. The entire area is very green! The waterfront

Horse Power

has been cleared of the old shipbuilding structures that were here 4 years ago and in their place a very nice area has been developed. We picked up a walking map of the city and spent about 3 hours walking the streets. The waterfront now has a large indoor pool, parks, walkways, college buildings, etc. We found a statue of Ginger, a work house from the shipbuilding days. Interesting was the fact that James Watt inventor of the steam engine worked in this town. That is where the terms watts came into use during the industrial revolution. Down some of the old streets took us to the town square. I was looking for a pub to have a pint but we seems to

Bank Street

keep going. It wasn't really a problem. In all a very nice little stop and it was unfortunate that our tour of Sterling Castle was canceled.

Is There Beer In There?

     There was a Scottish folkloric show in the Princess theatre before the ship sailed at 5:30. We think that we seen this show before but it was quite entertaining. It contained a piano, accordion, a fiddler 3 dancers 4 pipers and a drummer. They seemed to be well received. It was sushi night in the lounge where we chatted with our friends from Hamilton. The Country and Western party was held in the Atrium but was well underway by the time we finished dinner. The main show was an encore by a singer we had seen before. He does put on an enjoyable show.

  We have an early arrival/early departure in Dublin tomorrow. We intend to get into town as early as we can but expect the wait for the shuttle will be long.