Day 7 – At sea – October 1, 2013

The rough weather overnight really didn’t appear except for about an hour of slight bumps.  Most of the group slept right through it and thought it was a very smooth sail.  Most of them were exhausted from being up the night before with bumps and creaks!

Another day with sun and temps in the 80’s but the humidity has decreased to the mid 60’s which makes it a bit more comfortable to be outside.  The pools are getting a lot of use these days and people are out very early in the morning staking their claims on loungers!

The group got together for a picture of the whole bunch of us (+ or – a few).  Anyway, the majority showed up for a group shot.  I stayed long enough for one picture then had to run back to Edna and Les who were holding down the fort at trivia!  Good thing because we were first once again!  We had to share first with another team and lost the tie breaker for the crappy prized but a first is a first!!  We’ll take it!  The question that would have put us alone in first was:  What was the name of Julia Roberts’ character in “Notting Hill”?  Drove me bonkers because it was on this tip of my tongue and I never came up with it!! BTW, it was Anna Scott!!  Some of these questions are just plain bizarre!  The afternoon session was a mess and we came in third L!!

Fun dinner this evening in the dining room!  We were at our favorite table for 10 with Betty and Don, Michele and Tom, Molly and Jim and Dan and Kathy.  Lots of laughs and the Head Waiter even had time to amuse us with wine glass tricks!  Remind the above folks to show you the trick with a wine glass and a straw!!  The waiter had more time this evening as well and told a very funny story about a woman who asked one of the Romanian waiters where he slept at night.  He replied that every evening at 11pm helicopters fly the wait staff off the ship to sleep ashore and then they bring them all back in the morning!  The next day the woman was at the Purser’s desk ranting and raving about getting her money back for the cruise because she was getting no sleep with all the noise of the helicopters!!  Our waiter, Silviu, mentioned the waiter was fired but I’m not sure if it was because of this tall tale!  Fun to hear and funnier to watch him tell the story!

Tomorrow we anchor off the town of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.  It’s supposed to be one of the best surf spots in the country.  The Commodore and a small group will go on an all day tour to Lake Nicaragua and some see some sights along the way.  They’ll visit a few places and have lunch.  It will be a full day and they won’t be back to the ship till 4pm and they leave at 7am.  They’ll be hot and tired!  Since this will be a tender port I will, again, stay on board.

Since the laundry facilities were fixed today I will pay a visit to the laundry room since I’ll have it to myself!  The Commodore was happy to get his underwear back today and didn’t have to play the sniff and recycle game!!!

The casino was very good to us tonight!  Commodore up and so am I!!!  Sat down for 10 minutes and walked away with $105!

Ok, you are mostly caught up! 

XOXOXOXOX

M