Traveling with Ray Owens

Southampton, England

We had considered going to the Titanic Museum, but instead we opted to walk the short distance onto High Street in Southampton.  High street is what most cities and towns in England call their main street.

Our mission was to find a wrist brace for Jen.  She had an accident and hurt her wrist.   She was a little skeptical about the effectiveness of an over-the-counter device.   But with the recent hairline fracture in the wrist of our granddaughter.  We kind of insisted she wear one.  We went to Boots pharmacy which is the oldest pharmacy still operating England.  There is one in almost every town.

They had wrist braces and one of the boxes was opened so she could try it on, and she did.  She slipped it on and tightened the Velcro and stared to moan a bit in pleasure.  She said it immediately felt better. Mission accomplished.

We began to walk back to the hotel and the route took us through the city park.   Watching the parents and kids playing in the park.  Jen also did a little bird watch with our pleasant stroll.  She spotted a black bird with white wing bands.  She used her app and lo and behold a Eurasian Mockingbird was added to her lifetime of sightings.

Back at the hotel about 10:15 began my little confusion about the Uber folks.  We had ordered Sunday evening 3 small Ubers.  We had decided that 6 people and 14 or so bag would not fit very well.  We opted for 3 smaller cars to take us to the Port.  Well, when I checked on mine it had gone awry, and I no longer had one reserved.  I ordered anther on so we had three Ubers coming at 12:15. The port is just a 3 minute drive from the hotel if there is no traffic.  The Uber app then sent me a text saying that the price had dropped, and I clicked on it thinking I would Save a few pounds.  But rather than changing the price of the Uber I had ordered, it sent me a fourth Uber. The other 3 were still scheduled.  I did know that after the driver is assigned that you cannot cancel the ride.  So, we wound up have the fourth one pick me up and take me to the port.  The other 3 Ubers arrived 15 minutes later.  To the casual observe it looked like Penny and I had a fight.  We all made to the port.

We all got to the ship and checked in.  We had access to the rooms, but some folks had to eat quickly while others of us dropped our small bags in the room. It is good to unpack and think we be here for 7 nights.