We arrived in Ensenada, Mexico early the next morning but we took our time getting up and eating breakfast.

Unlike Catalina Island, there wasn’t much to see once we touched land. We walked up and down a street that was popular for its shops and souvenirs. After seeing shop after shop selling the same items, I started to want woven blankets. We walked into a store and they advertised 3 blankets for $20. I picked out my three and told the shopkeeper I only had $18. She refused my offer so I left the blankets, thinking I had just pulled the best haggler strategy ever.

We walked around a little more and stopped by an alley lined with restaurants. Every shopkeeper walked out and tried to wrangle us into their restaurant. I had no idea what the exchange rate was so we ordered a few items to hold us over because I knew we could have a mid-afternoon snack back on the ship. To my surprise, we only spent $5 for four tacos and two fish tostadas.

After lunch, we were going to start heading back for the ship but the woven blankets kept nagging at me. We ended up walking back to the store with the 3 for $20 deal and, with my tail between my legs, I handed the lady $20 for my 3 new blankets.

The rest of our afternoon was spent lounging around on the ship. Dinner was extravagant and excessive as usual and was followed by another concert show. The cruise had a midnight dance party scheduled with a Mexican buffet and ice sculptures. I was still so full from dinner that we merely glanced over at the buffet line and walked right back to our rooms for the night.