January 2 – AT SEA, Cruising The Bahamian Waters

Chris talking to An about an Aperol Spritz

Weather – 23º, sunny, windy

the requisite 'chips for the table'

Steps – 5,971

Humidity – 50%

Today is the last day of this cruise. It’s been a great cruise. We haven’t had to miss any ports or excursions – this is rare. Neither of us got sick (despite there being a lot of respiratory illness onboard, or so we are told) or dragged a door across a toe – not that we’ve ever done that!

Fridays on Regent they have frittata and sangria for breakfast. Although Chris isn’t big on breakfast, he is ok with going for the themed breakfasts. They had peach, cherry, watermelon, and berry flavours…we both had peach – pretty tasty.

so sad

We spent the rest of the morning at the pool. It was sunny, but the wind was cool. Then we got a noon time Aperol Spritz while watching Ross’ Cool by the Pool.

Lunch was Tex Mex…I can’t say no to guac, chips, roasted peppers, and tacos.

another Regent ship sailing past

After lunch it was back to the pool, this time in a bit of sun. The wind was still so cool, that we had to find sun…this is rare for us.

We visited the future cruise consultant to purchase an onboard booking certificate. There are incentives for booking a cruise onboard. Sometimes you’re not sure what cruise you want to book, but this way you can figure that out later, but still get the incentives.

tonight's menu

Then it was time to pack. I hate packing. I think what I actually hate about packing is packing things I didn’t wear. I haven’t no problem wearing the same thing multiple times, I don’t get bored of clothes and tend to repeat what is comfortable and I think look good on me. I think I bring things I have and feel should wear but end up ignoring – there is a reason I don’t wear these things. Vacations remind me how little clothes I need and inspire me to purge when I get home. Then somehow, when I’m home, I unpack and forget about getting rid of stuff.

I had the pina colada mousse

As we were packing the captain came on the PA saying that the Grandeur, another Regent ship was passing just outside…neat!

We were once perfectly happy with a rolling case and a backpack for a cruise. Especially with Regent (and Princess next week) including laundry, there is nothing we need that can’t fit into a carry on and a suitcase. This does NOT apply to a cold weather cruise – we will definitely need large cases for next year’s Antarctica journey!

a typical sea day part 2

The show was pre-dinner tonight – Broadway Unplugged. It was good (as usual, we’ve seen it before) but there was a fair number of newer selections.

We had dinner a bit earlier because of the early show and were back at the room by 9. It was 8 actually. We had to turn our clocks back one hour to be on Miami time and the ship decided to do it tonight instead of last night. Seems like the wrong decision when we have just had 2 sea days to adjust on disembarkation day, but at least it was back and not forward.

a typical sea day