Adventures with Constance: August 16 (Day 20)

At last a day where we didn't have to go anywhere or do anything! We were set to be on board the entire day to enjoy the views of the Kiel Canal.

Every evening we received a newsletter called the "Princess Patter" that gave us information about the next day's port and on board activities. Some interesting facts about the Kiel Canal:

~Most frequented canal in the world
~The canal is 61 miles long
~It saves approximately 250 nautical miles for ships traveling between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
~An average of 115 ships pass through the Kiel Canal everyday

It was a lovely relaxing day...

Upon our arrival into the canal we were met by a German band!

I don't remember if this boat was guiding us in or making sure we left when all was said and done, but he got awfully close to the ship...

One of the on board events of the day was an ice carving demonstration (there was a martini mixing demo earlier on, but I was too busy taking notes to take pictures)

Constance enjoying the ice carving demo...

...and me enjoying some quiet time by the pool...

...the German band came on board for our trip through the canal...

While the day started off sunny, it soon turned to rain so we moved into the Tahitian lounge for some reading and watching the views...

...it's cow country in this part of Germany - and one horse apparently...one of these things is not like the other...

The canal was lined with bike paths on both sides and people were out riding and walking and running all along the way...just imagine - how I would love to go for a run here!