Day 10 Panama City Dec 6 2023

We are docked in Panama across from the amazing tall and spectacular city skyline. Our city tour today starts at 1pm so we are able to enjoy a leisurely morning and have time for lunch before heading to the bus. I will miss my morning croissant and coffee!

Our tour mostly goes thru the old colonial quarter. We drive past the Bio museum which is designed by Frank Gehry. We walk thru the city for about 30 minutes, seeing a church with the Golden altar. We also see a very extensive nativity scene that is many years old. We have a half hour to shop and our guide directs us to a Panama hat store. Nice store with nice people to help out. 







Back at the ship to relax and have our last meal onboard. I enjoy the last sunset and Steve goes to the spa. We eat again at the restaurant. Baked Brie, lamb shoulder, duck magret, brownie.

To bed early as we have set our alarms for 4am!

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