Can Self Indulgence be a Bad Thing?

We woke up on day 16 to heavy black clouds and rain pissing down. It seemed like an appropriate kind of day to end our cruise experience.

Barcelona is the last stop on our Trans-Atlantic journey and we have only a short time for one more breakfast before they eject us off this boat and back into reality.

 

Not sure pampered has a strong enough definition to describe the care and attention that we received:

1.       to lavish attention on somebody, indulging his or her taste for luxury
2.       to indulge or gratify a desire or need

If I could capture the entire cruise in one word, it would be “consumption”. Everything about the cruise was geared toward our consumption of: food, drink..........

 

 

 

 

 

money, time and most of all, our energy.  Cruising is hard work and not for the faint of heart.  Our thoughts at the beginning of the trip were that we would leave the ship well rested and ready to tackle our next adventure. 

 

 

Not so, everyday was filled, with very little time to relax.

 

  

 

 

 

 We were constantly bombarded with and enticed into trying everything the ship had to offer.  

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

We filled our plates every day, figuratively and literally.

 

 

 

 

 

We had vowed to eat moderately and healthily and I was successful for the first few days. But like Adam in the Garden of Eden, I succumbed to the temptations that were laid out before me each day, doubling down on deserts and at least once, on a main course.

  

 

Seduced not by Eve,  but Mr. Priyu, our hospitable table steward, who had a way of making you feel okay with yourself while you slurped down a third dessert.  

 

 

The ship has 15 stories so we vowed not to ride any elevators.  We met this goal but I am not sure it was actually a good one.   All those stairs became my excuse to over indulge.  The idea only works if it is calorie” in”, calorie “out”. Calorie “in” won out as I think I gained a few. My running tights seem a little tighter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So it was with mixed feelings we left our womb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And were reborn into the beautiful city of Barcelona and the start of another adventure.

 

 Stay tuned.