Day 1 in Malaga was Navy training 101. It did remind me mildly of Grandpa Smith and his “permission to come aboard” comment when everyone went to visit the Constitution in Boston. I arrived at the port around 11am and almost lost my passport to some nutcase security guard. He wanted to take it somewhere to see if I was on a “list” and of course I managed to tick the security guard off when I snatched it out of his hands. Luckily Jen and 2 of her fellow officers came and rescued me and off to the Anzio we went. Here are some thoughts on the Anzio:
- it is massive and we climbed all over the ship and I even scurried through holes, I felt like a kid on an adult sized jungle gym
- the color theme seems to be grey and more grey..in fact the boys were very busy painting the sides of the ship grey to make it extra beautiful (??? Pink is much more gorgeous) for when they pull into port in about 10 days in Virginia
- the space is cramped- Jen lives in this teeny tiny room with 2 other girls. The room is smaller than our red room guest room! These three girls are on this ship with hundreds of other seamen, they are all males
- the medical clinic has some pretty strong views—make sure you take a look @ my pix of that plaque—yikes propaganda time!
- Anzio has a kick ass telescope you could see people on their porches from oh so far away
- it is massive and we climbed all over the ship and I even scurried through holes, I felt like a kid on an adult sized jungle gym
- the color theme seems to be grey and more grey..in fact the boys were very busy painting the sides of the ship grey to make it extra beautiful (??? Pink is much more gorgeous) for when they pull into port in about 10 days in Virginia
- the space is cramped- Jen lives in this teeny tiny room with 2 other girls. The room is smaller than our red room guest room! These three girls are on this ship with hundreds of other seamen, they are all males
- the medical clinic has some pretty strong views—make sure you take a look @ my pix of that plaque—yikes propaganda time!
- Anzio has a kick ass telescope you could see people on their porches from oh so far away
- When you are in port you fly the flag of the country you are visiting (this is only in "good" countries I think)
- If you are in charge of the boat you get to sit in this very high lazy boy on the sea seat, since I was a special guest I got to climb up into the seat!
- Sitting in Jen’s room I began to feel a little woozy and we weren’t even moving on the high sea
- The “board room” had the BEST lime ice cream from Italy for us to enjoy after lunch, yum yum—while it wasn’t goodberries it sure was tasty
- Jen is like a celebrity on the ship—everyone says hello to “Chaps” it is endearing!
- It is the best damn ship on the sea—I learned this fact after sitting through a hail and farewell the next night—this was the statement of the evening.
- If you are in charge of the boat you get to sit in this very high lazy boy on the sea seat, since I was a special guest I got to climb up into the seat!
- Sitting in Jen’s room I began to feel a little woozy and we weren’t even moving on the high sea
- The “board room” had the BEST lime ice cream from Italy for us to enjoy after lunch, yum yum—while it wasn’t goodberries it sure was tasty
- Jen is like a celebrity on the ship—everyone says hello to “Chaps” it is endearing!
- It is the best damn ship on the sea—I learned this fact after sitting through a hail and farewell the next night—this was the statement of the evening.
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