Last minute cruise deal/Carlos Pueblo

Last minute cruise deal/Carlos Pueblo

I continue asking direction towards the harbor of Barcelona. I reached to

Columbus Square. His statue is facing the Mediterranean, very tall to the

sky. I checked  the history that he took his journey from three of the south

western ports in Andalusia, Palos de la Frontera, Cadiz, and Sanlucar, not

from Barcelona. Three sea ports are still existed and all becomes tourist

town. I am going to visit one of the largest cities, Malaga, at Andalusia next

stop after Barcelona. I took an exclusive bus to the cruise terminal and the

staff advised me to check with a travel agency for my last minute cruise

deal; therefore, I took that bus back to Columbus Square. There were even

more tourists on the Square including some Chinese. A travel agency is

located next to a super market down stair at a large shopping center.

There are 8 staff in the agency including a manager. Everyone is busy with

customers. There were two ladies kindly chatting with me while waiting.

They were planning to visit Quebec, Canada. They do have relatives in

Montreal City. I explained what I desired a last minute deal for the cruise

with a particular cruise liner. The agent checked on the screen for two dates,

the 17^th and 24^th. I did not like the rate for 17^th; therefore she encouraged

me look at the 24^th. Finally, I agreed to the 24^th which was a week behind

Miss Connie of Hawaii. I did not consider another ship of 12 days trip ended

at Venice, Italy because the long distance from Barcelona.

This is a 7 days five ports tour on the Mediterranean, Naples, Civitavecchia,

Livorno, Cannes, and Palma. I am a solo traveler, of course, is more expensive

than the unit fare of a couple, yet last minute deal can be competitive in

compare with the airfare, train fare, food cost in Spain, Italy, and France. The

cruise room is much comfortable than the hostel plus nightly entertainment.

I also want to make up my scarify of cutting three meals to two every day in

Europe land by eating 4 or 5 meals at the sea a day.