December 29 – AT SEA

caviar Sunday!

Weather – 26º, windy, some passing showers

Steps – 5,775

First day, sea day…perfect. No up early and out on tour for the first day of a cruise is a nice way to settle in. It’s especially nice when the first day is also caviar Sunday!

sailed right past Cuba

We took a pass by the pool on the way to breakfast. It was pretty busy already at 9:30. By the time we returned around 10:15 we were able to find a not-so-ideal spot only partly covered and too
close to the smoking area for our liking. Ideally, we sit in the shade away from the smoking. It was still early, so the shade wasn’t super important, but the cover was more for the passing showers than the sun.

Eventually, 2 loungers opened up in an ideal spot. Chris pounced.

There are 3 smoking spots on this ship, and one happens to be in a corner of the pool deck – not ideal for non smokers. Smoke tends not to stay put. The newer ships have this area enclosed. The other 2 areas on the ship aren’t anywhere we frequent, so is a non-issue for us.

The rest of the morning/early afternoon was spent reading, blogging, quaffing a couple Aperol Spritzes and listening to kids shriek.

There are at least 30 kids on this cruise. This is waaaaay more than on other Regent cruises we’ve been on, usually there about 30 less than that. There is even a baby…maybe 8 months old. Kids onboard are neither here nor there for us. As long as they aren’t screaming in the middle of the night, keep their running to daytime hours and we’re fine. There is a bit of a program onboard for them, but not nearly what other more family-friendly lines would have. At one point about 15 of them piled into the pool and were living their best lives…shrieking and hollering.

tonight's show

Some people were not impressed…we didn’t care. We had no interest in going in the pool (we rarely do), and what else would you expect from a herd of kids?  I tend to think kids on Regent ship would be bored to death, at least this time they have others to shriek with.

We had lunch at the pool grill, spend some time on the balcony, napped and then it was time for the evening routine.

The lounge duo is a group new to us from the Philippines, called the G-Clef. They are good, but as usual, play to their audience. We haven’t heard Lady in Red…yet. We heard them after the show, and they were playing much more current music.