June 17 – AT SEA, Cruising the Atlantic Ocean

Bloody Mary or was it a Caesar?

Weather – 27º

Steps – 4,838

Humidity – 85%

Today was a typical sea day. We did little. I had my first Bloody Mary of the cruise, so that was exciting. It tasted suspiciously like a Caesar to me, which is great, but they said it was a Bloody Mary.

In the mornings, pool waiters circulate the with random trays of drinks – alcoholic and non. You can order what ever you want of course, but these conveniently find everyone.

Nigerian beer and a view

We also had noon time Aperol Spritzes that we didn’t order. All of a sudden 2 Aperol Spritzes found us, we looked over at the bar and there was Georgio waving…WOW! Good ol’ Georgio.

Yesterday, I also tried the ship’s non-alcoholic sparkling wine. It wasn’t bad, not exactly great, but not bad.

Seven Seas tiers

We were excited to see more local been at the bar – Nigerian beer. We haven’t just been to Nigeria this trip so this odd, but I think Nigeria somewhat dominates the area, so somehow got their beer onto the ship. It was fine…a typical lager. I don’t much care for lagers, I’ve realized they’re a bit sweet for my taste. Of course I want to try everything local, but I won’t have another.

There was another Seven Seas Loyalty party…we learned we are 2 of 11 people with over 400 days on Regent – we are the most junior of that club, the most senior couple has over 800 days! WOWZA, not sure we’ll get there. I think people with that many days must take world cruises (those are well over 100 days) pretty often. It’s taken us 17 years to get to 400 nights. I don’t see us getting to 800 – I’m not keen on a cruise much longer than this. Chris is, me…not so much. The longest we’ve been away was Chris’ 2020 retirement AKA the covid cruise. We were supposed to be gone 93 days…we came home on day 75.

Chris has taken to making his own desserts on this cruise. He orders an espresso and an ice cream and DIYs an affogato. The waiters are always interested, and it’s become a bit of talking point. Kelly even made one the second night we ate with her. However…a couple of nights back we had a waiter, Melona, who tried to convince Chris to add a shot of Frangelico to it. He wasn’t into it that night, but last night as soon as we sat down in her section, she declared: “someone’s having an affogato tonight.” When it came time for dessert she went way above…I thought she was just going to bring his usual and an additional shot of Frangelico for him to DIY. Nope…she made the entire thing herself (or had it made.) I usually get my own dessert off the menu, but today, had to also have a Melona Special! I’m kicking myself for not getting a photo, I guess we’ll have to see her again.

We learned the depth of the water was only 100 meters…this is very shallow. Not a problem shallow, just shallow compared to what is typical. We expect at least 1000 meters Last week we were in an area of 3,500-meters depth.

The show last night was a piano ‘showman’. This is the second time we’ve seen him this cruise and we learned tonight we’ve seen him before. He told a story tonight that I remember hearing before. He started tonight’s show with the theme to the Calgary Olympics…NICE! Brought back lots of memories.

Kathie – great points, I have a video of the instruments, but it’s too big to upload…grrr! Yes, to the toque – we absolutely noticed that too. It definitely wasn’t cold, that’s for sure! I’m not sure what the fruit was, but I’d guess it wasn’t too exotic. From what we’ve seen in Africa, things are pretty similar to what we have at home. For exotic, you have to go to Asia (I think). And about the fisherman and his net…yes, I was lucky to get that shot. I just click away and sometimes get lucky. Yes, the majority of this trip has been humbling.

Lori and Christina - 100 is mind blowing...we can hardly believe it!