2 days left
well, today began like any other… we slept through the morning. all the way to 9am when kristen woke up to write her belated post. since she was doing some writing, i decided it was the perfect time to catch a couple extra hours of sleep. so, at 11 i rose and showered for the day while kris typed away. once she was ready as well we headed up to the buffet for lunch. it was the regular stuff with the daily ‘spin’ and we stuffed ourselves full.
today we had no islands to visit, no streets to walk, no beaches to lie on, and no restaurants to find. it was us, the boat and the 3000 other passengers aboard. we picked out a couple of things to do from the daily list and made our way through the day.
our first stop was the afternoon trivia. we played and did much better than we have in the past. i think we had 22 out of a possible 27! …though still not good enough for first place and a royal caribbean keychain.
next on our list was a napkin folding seminar! we were joined by the lovely ‘pippa’ (one of our cruise director staff) and a waiter from the dining room. we practiced folding napkins into fans, bishob hats, boots, florida lillies, and birds of paradise. as lame as it sounds, it was pretty fun to be able to fold them. maybe we can bring our new talent back home and impress some of our dinner guests.
tonight was our second formal night and since we had to get ready for that and attend the ice show tonight, we headed back to the room early. kristen wore a very nice glittery gold dress that was dazzling and i wore my suit. here is a shot of kris putting on her shoes… and a shot of us at the rink
we headed down to the ice skating rink and found some seats. the ice show was alright; there was some pretty good skating, but there was also some pretty lame skating. it was entertaining and once finished, we headed over to the dining room for dinner.
being the last formal night, tonight was lobster night. yep… once on every cruise they serve lobster and it is usually my favorite. while it was extremely tasty, it wasn’t the best i’ve ever had. kristen had a prime rib that seemed pretty good, she wasn’t really into the lobster. here’s a picture of my food
if you haven’t figured out… we’re running out of photo opportunities =D
so, after dinner, we headed back to the schooner bar (our favorite) for another round of trivia. we didn’t play as well this round… but were stuck working with some old couple from new jersey. oh-well. tomorrow is our last chance to win a keychain… fingers crossed!
after our uneventful round of trivia, we opted to skip the show (another that sounds ‘awesome’) and head back to the room for a bit of relaxation. tonight was the gala buffet and we had some time to kill before the viewing and eating.
we started out by making our way down to the dining room. there was an enormous line so we took a quick peek and headed back to the promenade for the ‘island parade’ … which was… interesting. when it finished, we hurried down to the first floor of the dining room for the opening of the chef’s gala buffet. there were some pretty awesome ice sculptures, and some incredible looking food. kris and i both grabbed a plate and grabbed a couple things. we were both still pretty full after dinner to have yet another buffet.
instead of sitting in the dining room to eat, we rushed past the endless lines of people and back to our room; i snagged some silverware off a nearby table. we sat out on our veranda and had our food. yum! so now we are going to get some sleep; we’ve got another big day tomorrow filled with eating and lounging! i’m tired; goodnight.
-simple