Anyway, I digress. No surprise there, is there? We read, I am reading Southern Storm about the deadliest plane crash in Georgia history. Elva is reading an old Barbara Taylor Bradford novel. I wish, like Elva, I could catnap in the warm sun but then I know me, I would not sleep at night.
Why am I not on deck, in the pool, or the hot tub? Still avoiding contaminating my stitches. And compared to the comfort of our space, the ship seems noisy. We were spoiled on Viking and this cabin is like a buffer between that cruise and the ordinary.
Quarter to three we go up for Progressive Trivia. Our team is in the top three at the moment. Sometimes we stay for the music trivia that follows but without Karen and Katie I am not good at that. Today I may be because it is Broadway. But then again, the speaker is doing the trivia for that and for his talks in the morning become hard to get a seat. There will be tough competition.
Each day seems to have at least something extra of interest. We had a Captain’s Club Wine Tasting. My level of loyalty was invited but I had Elva come with me. She enjoys wine way more than I do. We followed that with a beautifully served lunch in the main dining room. We also had a Captain’s Club Reception to which we were both invited. Fancy hors h'ors deouvres. Can anyone ever remember how to spell that? I have learned at ship receptions, in general, to pick up two glasses at the first pass. I did resist the opportunity for a third Cosmo when it was indeed offered, because most evenings Elva pours us each a glass of Pinot Grigio before dinner. Nothing like a little WalMart wine to set the tone for the Lido Buffet!
We drink ours with a view!
The specialty performers on board performed a beautiful and artistic acrobatic dance once again demonstrating how strength can be beautiful I have seen them before on another cruise with Celebrity and they are, of course, part of the house performers for the song and dance shows.
15 out of 15 on Progressive Trivia set us apart one day. The entertainer for the evening was Stacey Kay. The girl singer had a powerful voice but the music in the main theater is just too loud for me. I have to remember to pack ear plugs for the next trip to tone it down a little.
Friday’s entertainer was so very good. His name was Ralph Harris. Totally clean comic and great stories. Plus handled gently some audience repartee from the front row. It wasn’t exactly heckling, the gentleman just felt that Ralph’s style was conversational. His stories were really good and teased the ladies and the gents. Listen for him on Serius or watch for him on TV. He ended his act with a ten minute monologue in which he talked about his grandfather. Gradually he became the old man and it wasn’t so funny when the grandmother died. What it was was a beautiful tribute to long lasting love and faith in family.
I set my alarm on Friday night for 7:15 Saturday morning. So excited. The medical center on board opens at 8:00a.m. I couldn’t wait to get my stitches out! I woke up a couple times during the night and by 6:45 I turned off the alarm, I brushed my teeth, put my sweater over my loungewear looking p.j.’s and got a cup of tea at the Hideaway. It is just past the elevators on our deck and from six in the morning until nine at night they have coffee, tea, and go-cups! I went down to Deck 2 and found the back way into the waiting room. The Nurse, Christine, was surprised to see me when she came to open the door guests are supposed to use. I came in the crew door.
At 8:00 she ushered me in, opened my file, took me in the back room and introduced me to Colleen. Christine was taking care of crew first and Colleen took out those stitches. I was so happy when she asked if I been treated by a plastic surgeon. That, I thought bodes well for what ever scar I may develop. By 8:15 I was in a hot, very hot shower. Bliss!!! When I came out of the bathroom Elva said she couldn’t believe I was back already and showered as she had not heard me make a sound when I left. I try to be a good travel partner!
We made it to both lectures, delicious hamburgers at the Mast grill on Deck 14, our team trivia. We then tackled the movie The Shape of Water at 5:300. Six o’clock I left but Elva stuck it out. Seemed like Alien met ET met Lilli met 50 Shades met Men in Black to me! I especially enjoyed dinner on the outer deck, and then we went to the main show. The perfect day was a little spoiled because the duo Raegar was singing both rock and country way too loud. I went and sat in the lobby and could hear them much more clearly. Is there a name for when it is too loud you cringe but hear better at a distance?
I was waiting next to the theater for the late night entertainment which was to be a Murder Mystery. I was sitting on a comfy chair and a man who was also not enjoying the music, several left early, brought up another chair while he waited for his wife. This put us at the front of the line for the mystery and the line grew quickly when the main theater ender their show. I watched for Elva but then went in and got us seats. She made the cut and the Murder Mystery was great fun! Sue, the C.D. is as old people would say, a hoot! She was over the top as the cook Mrs. Bang. Of course, the Butler, Jeeves, did it. Remind me never to hire anyone named Jeeves!
Today, Sunday, is our fourth sea day since Bermuda. A couple of changes added life to the party. For the first time we have not had to set our clock ahead in four days! I like the Captain who changed the time ‘around noon’. After all as long as his instruments matched the world what would we care. Instead of getting one less hour sleep we had one less hour to wait before lunch and dinner!
Also the talks were an hour later so no clock watching for us this morning. This afternoon after Progressive Trivia we had Broadway Trivia with Steve. He had only 30 minutes as is everything. 25 songs he played snippets of. I got all the ones where you needed the name of the musical and most all of the singers and composers and still didn’t win but did very well. The rest of my team did not know any! Wish it had been for Progressive points. I will say that almost every person who attends his lectures was there playing and the winning team had six people playing so 38 out of 43 possible points was not bad! And it was confusing as sometimes I did not even really catch what he wanted to know!
I did win one game Show game the other evening when we had time between dinner and the show. It was called Yes / No. You had to carry on a conversation that made sense with one of the hosts and never say yes or no. Three minutes is a long time. I won and one guy won. About 20 people tried! My lanyard broke before I got back to the cabin but I have many more at home. Too bad it was Friday while I was still bandaged and hadn’t washed my hair for a week!
It is late now so and can wind up this whirlwind of four sea days by saying that Elva and I each had the salmon in the dining room tonight. It was very good just as it was the other night when we ate there. Mine had bones, several, two of which I swallowed before I realized it and some were long. Gordon Ramsey would be turning our ship kitchen into Hell if he were aboard! It would be a double episode!
I am going to try to add some photos now to all of these posts since the first one as tomorrow is a port day and I may be giving you lots to read. I appreciate your patience and wish you would sign in to follow the blog. Lots more trips coming up this next year from the Mediterranean to Antarctica. But first, we continue on to Lisbon and London and Wales before returning home. More later.
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