Sea Day

Day 2 – Sea day

05 May

“Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This is Gary, your cruise director. I'm sorry to wake you on this sea day, but you may have noticed that we are slowing down. We have spotted a capsized life raft off the port side, and will be investigating to see if there are any people that may require our assistance.”

That was quite the wake up call. As it turned out, there were no people found, so the appropriate authorities were notified, and we resumed our course toward Mexico.

This was just a sea day, so no obligations. After breakfast, we headed to the cruise director's talk on shore excursions, and then decided to stay for the shopping talk. (It's handy to know which retailers are and are not given the seal of approval by the cruise lines. If you don't want to be cheated, know who has been vetted. The Caribbean is a jewelry shopper's dream – especially for stones like Tanzanite and diamonds.)

More ship exploring, then I headed off for the art auction. I was very smart and sat on my bid card – no accidental buying a $5000 painting because I scratched my ear while holding the card! There were works going for a couple of hundred dollars, and some going for several thousand. I sipped my champagne and watched ... not even tempted to wave that card in the air. Eventually, I got bored and left in search for food.

My goodness! All this lazing about and eating can be exhausting! Had a nap, explored some more, and suddenly it was time for supper. It was “elegant night”, which means tuxedos, formal gowns and diamonds .... or at least it used to. Now it just means dressing up – dresses, suits, sparkles. The food was great, the servers assigned to our table (Mario, Savio and Nada) already knew our names, and were amazing. It was just us and the Nebraskans. The other couple opted for a table closer to the 'action'. Our table was really quite far out of the way, in the back – sorry, aft – and we couldn't see the wait staff when they were singing and dancing. (It's so fun when they do that, and they truly seem to have a good time.)

After supper was the “Divas” show in the lounge. Great music, fabulous singing and dancing, and amazing costumes. A lot of fun, and a good way to cap the day. Adios! Tomorrow.... Mexico!

Kitty update : all is well. Dexter is stalking Emily's food, but is otherwise behaving.

Food : Breakfast – scrambled eggs, bacon, grapefruit

           Lunch – fish and chips

           Supper – stuffed mushroom caps, broiled lobster and tiger shrimp, fruit plate and coffee