Day 48 At Sea

Today we were busy, for a day at sea!  Today we had a Mariners lunch at sea with the Captain at 11 am. This is the third lunch he has had with guests on board. Yesterday R and C told us they arrived at 10:58 for their lunch and the dining room was packed. So we were in line at 10:45 am and were admitted by 10:50!  We ended up sitting with two friends and meeting two more that they knew!

I had Caesar salad for a starter and sole for my main. The one dessert offered was key lime pie. Everybody found a Holland America coaster beneath their napkin. So the delft pottery coaster is like our loot bag at the party. 

The Captain addressed the group saying once again that this was their longest voyage since COVID and that presented the crew with unique challenges. He was most proud of the fact that it was a safe voyage, despite the weather. It wasn’t the rain that he found challenging, rather, the wind. He said 7 and 10 day voyages become routine and they are quite easy to facilitate, the longer cruises just present additional challenges - like no internet!!

After lunch V and R from Vancouver and J and I went up to the Crowsnest and shared pictures with one another. V had a USB stick to make this easy!  We had one too - but it seemed compatible with J’s computer at home, not my laptop on the ship!

J played bridge, then I caught the tail end of a Jurassic Park movie in the Rolling Stone lounge. 

We then had a really lovely Italian dinner at Canaletto with Rose as our server again. 

Tonight I went to the MainStage to enjoy the final performance of Jukebox Rogues!  We both went to the game show “Call my bluff” after that and it provided lots of laughs!

Only two more days at sea and then our wonderful vacation will come to an end!