Early
start to our day as the tour instructions were to be in the Princess Theater by
7:15 am. Even though I was staying
aboard I still need help from the Commodore to get dressed and ready for the
day so I was up early as well.
I hear
that it was a “hurry up and wait” exercise since they didn’t get the ship’s
tenders till about an hour after their arrival in the theater.
I saw
Edna and Les this afternoon and they had a funny “tender” story to tell. It seems once they boarded the tender and
pulled away from the ship something went wonky and they just kept sailing
around and around in circles!! Finally,
another tender arrived with an officer and an engineer and they managed to fix
the problem. Always a story around here!
The
Commodore had a trip to Lake Nicaragua and a city named Granada. They took a boat ride on the lake and went to
a place called “Monkey Island” where one of the monkeys comes for a handout
when his name is called, “Junior”. They
had lunch and a couple of beers and then got back to the ship just after four
this afternoon. What they saw was a lot
of poverty and also some very nice estates built on their own islands in the
lake. Pretty typical for Central
America, I think. Costa Rica has a
higher standard of living so tomorrow we should see some difference.
I know
you are all waiting patiently for my trivia report so I won’t disappoint
you! I played this morning and am
thrilled to report a clear first place win and I have a magnetic Princess chip
clip to show for the effort! I played
with a couple I’ve never seen before and we did just great! This afternoon was another story and we might
have scraped out a third place. Dismal.
Dinner
was yummy this evening with a scrumptious lobster tail and crab cake
entrée! The Commodore had the duck,
which he pronounced perfect! After
dinner we had a quick visit to the casino to give back a few $’s we won last
night! L
Another
early-ish morning tomorrow and since we are docking I will be able to disembark
for a tour. We have an aerial tram ride
through the rain forest and a walk through a nature preserve. We’re hoping to see some of the wild parrots
and monkeys. The crocodiles I can do
without since they look like cement statues anyway!
Today
is Lee Ann’s birthday and although there was an effort made to get the whole
group together it fell apart with everyone getting back to the ship at
different times. We’ll try again another
day to meet for drinks and give her the toast she deserves!!
Time to
call it a day! Calm seas tonight.
XOXOXOXOX
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