Friday, June 04, 2010
Day 2: at sea
The two transit days were the most boring of the cruise. We went through the interesting part of the inland passage during the night. We did have the ship to explore. Since we were on the floor with the outdoor promenade, walking laps was our exercise and entertainment. There was an exercise room on the 9th deck but we never found time to try it out. This first day we did go up to the hot tub--It wasn't very hot and the pool was quite cold. It was hardly crowded.
We had breakfast in the casual dining area (Lido) on deck 8 but I didn't like the chaos of it so ate most breakfasts in the room. We had our other meals in the dining room. Always a 3 course meal (plus dessert) so not quick. Most of the tables were for 6 or 8 so we always got to meet new people. Day 2 (Thursday) was the first formal dinner. We dressed up in our fancy thrift shop clothes and were not out of place. Not everyone was dressed to the nines in tuxedos and ball gowns. The food on the whole cruise was amazing. We only ate at designated meals but there was food and drink always available somewhere.
Neither Kit and I are big fans of "cabaret". I went to the first night show and decided that was enough --although there was one musician later in the week who was quite good. My favorite spot on the ship was the Piano Bar: The quietest of the evening venues. There was a guitar player whom we really enjoyed. We are not late night people. Nor joiners into some of the silly activities on the ship. But I did enjoy the people watching.
# posted by Carol Harma @ 8:47 AM 
