We were instructed not to arrive at the pier before noon, so we got up and headed back up to Pike Place Market. We had a delicious breakfast from Piroshky Piroshky. Joe had, get ready, a piroshky! He had the spinach, ham, and cheese version. It was a little too spinachy for me, but the pastry was delicious. I got another bakery favorite, the apple cinnamon roll. Mmmmmm it was devine. Simply devine. We had actually walked by the bakery the night before, and were disappointed that they were closed because the smell was so enticing. It was well worth the wait.
I topped off my breakfast with a caramel latte from the very first Starbucks store, and then we headed into the market.
It was still early in the morning, so vendors were still setting up, but we hung around long enough to see it get pretty busy. The guys at the fish market were hamming it up, posing for pictures with the fish. I think we did see them throw one or two fish back, just like you see on T.V. Soon enough, it was time to head back to the hotel and start packing back up.
The hotel couldn’t have been in a better location, it was directly across the street from Pier 66, so we could easily walk to the pier with all of our luggage. There were some complainers in the line, but I thought the cruise line did a fabulous job of keeping things moving and organized. If you think about it, it’s pretty amazing how quickly they can turn things around. They dock at 6 a.m., serve breakfast to the 2000 old passengers til 8:30, shuffle them off the boat, and have all the cabins cleaned and turned over, sparkling for the new residents by 1p.m. It’s really a pretty organized operation they’ve got going on. So we walked onto the boat by about 12:30, were greeted with a welcome champagne (or orange juice for some of us), and sent up to the buffet for our first filling meal of the week. Even the buffet food was delicious, and there was always a variety to choose from. So we hung out at the buffet until our rooms were open, and then I ran down and turned the TV on so that we could book our snorkeling excursion! I had called a few days before the trip and the agent advised me that the excursions desk would be super crowded on the first day, but I could book excursions from my room. We were in and out of the room for the first hour or two while we waited for our luggage to arrive, and then we went up on the top deck to enjoy the sail-away party. After awhile, I asked Joe to check the time, and said “4:15?!? We’re late, we should be leaving by now!” Well then we looked at the land and realized that we had already pulled away and started to move. What the heck – no horns, no loud-speaker announcement, no nothing?!? Who cares, we’re on a boat!
The first night was pretty relaxed. We were still adjusting to the time change, so we ended up having dinner at the buffet, and turning into bed semi-early again, after enjoying the ocean views from our private balcony of course!
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