June 22 – AT SEA, Cruising the Atlantic Ocean

a lot of 23s

Weather – 23º

Steps – 4,957

trying not to spill

Humidity – 78%

After our caviar breakfast (it was Sunday after all) it was time for the ship’s country fair. We only watched last time, this time we participated – guess that spice, carry a tray of drinks around an obstacle course, beer-pong (without the beer), guess that destination from the pic – all based on the ship‘s departments. Each time you played you’d get an entry into the raffle…we didn’t win.

I managed to get a pic of Chris trying out for the bar staff…I suppose if he were to need a job, he might feel most comfortable as bar staff, I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be the culinary dept, although he did guess that what he was smelling was oregano.

It's a very upbeat atmosphere – the staff seem to be enjoying themselves as much as the passengers. They are working the event of course, but it’s nice to see them out of their usual jobs.

The country fair only last about 45 min, when it’s done it took about 20 minutes to have the pool deck back to normal. We sat at the pool for a bit, but it was quite windy, so back to our sheltered balcony it was.

getting the job done

Maddie and Jonah

We realized we have a bit of shipboard credit remaining, so I checked out the shop. I would have done this long ago but was sure we’d used up all of our credit. This is a nice surprise. I didn’t buy anything but will eventually – I will not leave money on the ship! The end of the cruise is nearing.

There was another predinner music event put on by 2 of the ship’s singers…we went…it was entertaining.

Another tidbit of excitement for the day was Chris getting his shoes shined. We’ve always known they will do your shoes but can’t remember ever having use that service before. Chris put his shoes outside our door last night and today Saravanan brought them back looking beautiful – in a bag no less!

Lori - you're right it is!