Oct 28 - At sea

 Oct 28 - At sea

Rolling along!  A welcome day to catch our breath on this busy itinerary!

70° and mostly sunny!  We’ve been so lucky with the weather.

Unfortunately Barb wasn’t 100% today so she decided to take the day off!  in her cabin!  with movies and Room Service!

Mary and I had a nice leisurely start to the day with breakfast at The Eatery.  It wasn’t really busy at 8:30 AM so it was easy to find a table.  After breakfast we went to the Arena for the port talk on Messina.  Kez James is our Destination Expert and she was excellent.  On her resumé it showed she was once a teacher - and that was obvious.  She was organized in her presentation, had great ‘visual aids’, and had an engaging style.  She might be one of the best Destination Experts I have seen!

We were about to leave when she finished, but noticed Cole, the Cruise Director, had just come into the theatre so we decided to stay for his talk on Life at Sea…. And we are so glad we did!  It was hilarious! Cole is a New Zealander who started out his career as a dancer.   He is a high energy guy with a great sense of humour and his timing of one liners in his presentation was so entertaining. 

Off to lunch and then my nap!  💤  while Mary went back to the Arena for a couple of presentations.

It’s dress up night tonight!  So I had my shower this afternoon to try and look ‘appropriate’!  

It was just a table for two tonight!  Hopefully Barb will be feeling better by tomorrow.  Dinner was good - Mary had Quinoa and Pomegranate salad and I had Cream of Tomato Soup to start.  The main course was steak for Mary and I had Truffle Infused Risotto with Prawns and Vegetables.  I found 5 green peas, four tiny slices of celery and one miniscule cube of carrot in the risotto!!!

Desserts were nice - Lemon Meringue Cheesecake for Mary and Chocolate Mint Cake for me!

We then made our way to the Piazza to wait for the Silken Skies Aerial performance. Tonight is White Night, so many people are dressed in white!  Most of the evening activities don't appeal that much - the magician from last night, a lot of dancing in the Piazza etc  

I wanted to see Silken Skies Aerial performance but just realized it’s a 10 min performance!!!  So do we wait for 2 hrs of pounding music to see a 10 min show? 😵‍💫.  I think not!

We’re going to head back to the peace and quiet of our cabin!  Am I sounding like an old fuddy duddy?  

⚾️ Time to dream about a win for the Jays!! They are going to show the game starting about 1:00 AM, but that’s way past my bedtime!!! 

⚾️Hopefully I'll wake up to a positive outcome!

Until tomorrow…..