Another decent sleep and with the balcony door open. Absolutely no rush at all and the deck 14 outdoor area starboard side outside the Horizon Court was once again, fairly quiet. All the extra tables and chairs on decks 12 and 14 have certainly made it easy to get a seat almost anytime.
I opted for the sweeter option today – two waffles (different machine – these were much thinner than usual) topped with apricots and peaches plus a squirt of maple syrup – and of course, a blob of cream. An apricot Danish must surely have added yet another part of the five servings of fruit and vegetables for the day, but they’d run out of V8 vegetable juice.
Down to morning trivia and Jill was proudly wearing a Tee shirt, bought for her by one of the regular groups. Just in case the pic isn’t too clear, lettered with ‘CAN’T SPELL AND PROUD OF IT’. Her last day today and she is really going to be missed. She has given us lots of laughs and has a great personality. She was tough again today though, as we only got 5/20. She volunteered to do the afternoon trivia even though it wasn’t on her schedule and just for a change, she asked for submitted questions and answers.
Neither of us were ready for a coffee and with not a lot else planned, we went to deck 6 where Paula picked up a chain she had bought yesterday and we bought two or three small items as potential gifts. Some of the make up on board, Paula tells me, is much cheaper than at home, so time to stock up.
We relaxed and then headed up for the usual late lunch.
A few corrections here. The great couple from Tasmania we often sit with, are Alex and Eileen, not Alec as I first thought. I only found that out when we swapped email addresses.
The dance instructor is Indonesian not Japanese - and his wife is Chinese.
He agency that supplied the singers and dancers is Belinda King, not Linda King.
Late lunch was once again, very nice, though those who went to the Italian brunch were also very impressed. A mix of buffet and table service.
Whilst in the buffet, I met Martin the lead singer and asked him if we paid him $5, would he come along with us and sing for us on the gondola! He said yes…
I grabbed a coffee from the ice cream outlet and Drazen proved once again to be one of the best coffee makers and to date, has far and away, also been the most pleasant.
The afternoon trivia was as mentioned above, questions from the passengers. We did better than in the morning, with 8/20. Not exactly University Challenge level, but we were pretty pleased.
A few laps of the deck, well, two anyway, before getting ready for the early show and dinner.
The Captain made his usual announcement about progress and all seems to be going to plan as we bat on at 20.5 knots. As some keen cruisers will know, the Sea Princess had some bad press either late last year or early this year but touch wood, all has been pretty good so far. Hopefully, that will continue. There have been a couple of minor hiccups apparently, and wherever you go on the ship, they seem to be fixing small internal plumbing or air conditioning system leaks, but nothing to get alarmed about.
The early show was a 50/50 with both comedians, Austin Knight and Gary Thompson. Gary started it off but I can’t say that we enjoyed Austin Knight’s session at all. A northern English Working Men’s Club, maybe, but much of his act consisted of acting drunk and with no punchline at the end of it. On the way out, we had the chance to thank the Captain, who gets off tomorrow for a break and also to Maggie for her show. Read between the lines…
We had to toss up between the Indian buffet and the dining room and we opted for the dining room. Good choice, as the rack of lamb was perfectly cooked.
At the theatre, it was vocalist Claude-Eric but on door duty, we had one of the male dancers and his girlfriend, who is along to learn the dances, both from the Ukraine, plus the lovely singer, Lauren, who is a delight to chat to. She is really looking forward to catching up with her boyfriend in Venice and again in Southampton – plus New York!
We sat at the back of the theatre and only stayed for a couple of numbers then headed out on deck for the Rock ‘n’ Roll party. The party band are very good but often a bit loud. Rob Kenney hopped up and sang a couple of numbers and played guitar for one; we did a couple of dances, then at 10:30pm, headed back to the cabin just as the party finished. It was notable this time that the singles and gays were very much in evidence, dancing away - but not too many others. No streamers for this one, just the band out on deck.
Looking forward to Venice tomorrow and our 5 hour Princess tour at 2:30pm. We are due to be docked at 2pm. Those on the starboard side will get the best view going in and those on the port side, coming out.
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