Day 10 Cartagena, Columbia

We were in Cartagena, Columbia yesterday and has we have been here before we choose not to take a tour.  This is where I purchased my large emerald necklace.  We felt that the peddlers in the old city were pretty aggressive even if you only wanted to take a picture they expected and demanded money.  So we took the complimentary shuttle to the port terminal where they have a lovely park and birds and the largest Iguna I have ever seen.  thank you very much you can leave now.  They had shops but as I am really not looking to buy we spent an hour on the internet and came back to the ship.

Love when most people are on tour it seems as though you are on a private yacht.  We headed to the Bistro for Bill to have his afternoon Latte and I had an ice tea.

Bill went for his 2nd message of the cruise and I sat on our veranda and finished my 3rd book of the cruise so far.  At 3:00pm Louis Armstrong played "It's a Wonderful World" as we sailed away from Columbia.  It is a Crystal tradition to play Louis Armstrong as we sail away from each port except when we leave ports late at night as was the case in Curacao we left at midnight so no song.  IT is not broadcasted into the rooms only the open areas if you want to hear it you either put on the TV to the ships' channel or go out on your veranda or open your door to the hallway.   I try never to miss it because it does remind me that we have a wonderful world and how lucky I am to be able to experience as much of it as I have.