September 29 – AT SEA

pedi with a view

Weather – 10º, mostly sunny

Steps – 5,440

Latitude – Calgary 51º, us in the middle of the ocean 49º

Last night’s sleep was glorious. Little in the way of bumping and less in the way of noise. We gained an hour (lost a day), so I was up with plenty of time before my 9:00 pedicure. We have a bit of shipboard credit this cruise (not as much as on the Iceland cruise, but some.) I thought a good way to use it was on a pedicure. Chris is chipping away a bit at it each time he goes to BINGO too.

he's looking for a ship job

It was lovely to sit, looking out at the sea while my toes were worked on. Luz, my nail tech did a lovely job on my feet but left A LOT to be desired in the gossip dept. Typically, when I get a pedi on the ship something that adds to the enjoyment is insider info. Not so much gossip, but info the on ship that I’d never have known. Did you know…that there’s an ATM in the crew area? I learned that on a previous cruise.

our usuals

A Sunday sea day brought out the ship’s gala brunch – a first for us. Apparently, these are only done on the new ships (for some reason we mostly choose itineraries on the older ships) and when a Sunday
falls on a sea day. This certainly was a production! Bustling buffets are not so much my style, but Chris liked it. There definitely was a huge selection and what we ate was very good, I’m just not so much into crowds. The brunch ran from 10-1, we got there around 11:30 and it was not too crowded, by the time we left at 12:30 it was a bit of a zoo. 

We sat for a bit in the Observation Lounge for a post lunch spritz and read. The
Observation Lounge is on a high deck right at the front of the boat with windows all around so all you can see is the sea and horizon – it is lovely.

Back at the room for the rest of the afternoon and the balcony door was at it again…grrrrr. Eventually Chris realized that the weather stripping needed some TLC, he fixed it…not just a pretty face, my husband!!