Cruise Postcard #6

Hi my merry band of peeps!
I got home yesterday after an enjoyable few weeks in the sun.
I have a trillion holiday shots to make some sense of over the next few weeks. The blog posts that will come out of that will be an analysis of my travel capsule and some travel posts spread over some weeks.

But today I thought I'd pop in to your screens with a bit of reality.  What I wore when touristing.  The daytime stuff.

I'd like to have given you shots of me floating around ancient ruins in a diaphanous gown with my hair flowing in the breeze.
The reality of my sightseeing however is somewhat different.
Me in unflattering  shorts, tethered by layers of lanyards and bags, scragged back hair shoved under a sunhat.  No make up.

Yes, this is a warts-and-all post so prepare yourselves for some pretty ugly blemishes!

I found it best to take shots before I headed ashore for the day.

For this is me, ashore.

The days started sorta tidy ...

... And quickly deteriorated with the addition of bag, necklace, cruise ship lanyard, tour listening device - all hanging around my neck. 

Add a cruise ship tote to the mix and the look was definitely messy.  

I don't tourist tidily so I usually shy away from posing and posting shots of me out and about.  But today I'm keeping it real.

I packed arch support Reeboks and I'm so pleased I've resurrected these foot saviours, for despite walking many touristing steps in a day, I experienced no foot problems.  

So the score was:  Steps 15k+ p.d.   Plantar fasciitis - nada.

And thus my look was relaxed.

Messy relaxed.

But with Happy Holiday Feet.  Thank you, Reeboks.

So, to recap.

A random end of touristing look.

And a bright eyed and bushy tailed start of touristing shot.

Hair decidedly messy.

And usually hidden under a sunhat.

So that's my quickie post peeps.  I'm unpacked and good to go.  Two loads of washing are out on the line, another 2-3 are queued up for today.

Now I'm off to have a farewell breakfast with my amazing cat sitters.  And then some posts will start trickling onto your screens in my post-cruise downtime.

Hugs and a la perchoine,

Mary x.