Day 13 – October 30, 2018 - Lazy Day at Sea
How lovely to sleep in today, being rocked back and forth by
the ship! I didn’t feel it last night …
apparently I slept soundly! … but the Captain said we had 15-16-foot swells
last night, meaning we were rocking and rolling. Today it has calmed down a lot, but when
walking one must still be ready to grab something to go with the roll! I hit up the ship’s sale for a few trinkets,
then Bob and I ate at the buffet lunch.
This afternoon I treated myself to the seminar to “Pamper Ladies” … ooh,
the facial felt so good. Now to decide
whether to spend the $$$ for some of their lovely product! We haven’t seen nor heard from the other two
couples. But I did run into someone from home that I knew was on the ship. It’s
such a big ship that it’s taken us eight days to find each other!!
This evening we enjoyed the same routine of cocktails with
our delightful waiter Cyril, then another fantastic dinner with our servers Rochelle (yesterday our prankster, today our magician!), Rebb and head waiter Simone. The evening’s performance was a singer from New Zealand, Will Martin. His style was very similar to Wayne Newton – Will’s singing and piano playing were outstanding! We set our clocks back an hour tonight; but instead of getting an extra hour of sleep, we watched a movie based in Australia! After all, that is our next stop! Pleasant dreams.
Day 14 – October 31, 2018 – Halloween at Sea
Time to get some clothes washed, so no other activities for
me this morning! After lunch, Trudy, Mary Jo and I went to a little napkin folding seminar. It was fun learning how
to create the tapered candles, single candle, fan, rose, silverware holder,
Christmas tree and Lily pad folds … the problem will be remembering them to use
at home!! Trudy went to the de-clutter seminar … hoping they will have it
rebroadcast on TV as it would do me some good to see it too!
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| Richard and Mary Jo Cheers! |
Of course the ship is all decorated for Halloween --
beautiful and ornately decorated pumpkins, balloons, spider webs, etc. And the
activities on board have a Halloween bent – Halloween Trivia, Halloween Spooky
Gameshow, Halloween Scarefest Spectacular, Kreepy Karaoke Power Hour, Halloween
Drive-Thru Movie, etc. etc. An afternoon
wine tasting with the gang was a lot of fun. Many passengers and staff are
beginning to roam around in Halloween costumes. Some are very creative!
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| Oh, Trudy!! |
We’re creatures of habit with our pre-dinner cocktails at
Crooners, then having great fun gorging ourselves on another scrumptious dinner. Tonight’s dessert – mine a light chocolate mousse/ice
cream/whipped cream; the others a dark chocolate combined with pistachio nuts –
was over the top! This evening’s
entertainment was a very energetic production by the Princess Singers and
Dancers. The choreography and costumes
were amazing as they preformed the love story Fiera. I left the Halloween party
in the Piazza after the hundreds of orange and black balloons were dropped from
the seventh down to the fifth floor filled with people. It’s been another
rolling day at sea, though most of us have adjusted very well to having to occasionally grab onto something to stay upright! The clocks get turned back again
tonight, giving everyone an extra hour of Halloween fun!
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