Friday Sept 25 / At Sea

There are so many activities scheduled for the day that there is no way to do them all.

Our table mate likes to go to all the different trivia and sit in the back and watch. He gets a kick out of how competitive the teams get. He is retired navy and is active as a Boy Scout director. He lives in California. His traveling companion is his brother in law. The brother in law was a last minute replacement when the lady friend had to have surgery and couldn't make the trip. Marion and John seem like they will be fun .

I went to the crafts class today. It meets open air by the pool. The needlepoint packages are $10.00 each and it is $25.00 for a plate to paint. I was disappointed and again wished I had gotten one on the Splendor where they were free. I remember how much fun Grace and some others had making their needle point pouches.

The enrichment speaker is really fun and funny we were told by the lady sitting to my right at dinner (you can tell that I don't have all the names yet). The lecture in the morning was “Creative Souvenir Collecting” by Douglas Pearson. Now we really need help in that line. I guess we have 100 t-shirts at home.... many never worn!!! And we bought 8 yesterday. 2 for $20.00 t-shirts in bright colors for each port. I picked out 4 as did Jack. We only over lapped on the one for Bora Bora. It is cool with one of those masks on it. We have decided that we will break down and buy another suitcase and just pay the $25.00 to check it home.

We made it to the lecture at 12:30 which was titled Titanic Survivor. Maxtone-Graham gave an insightful talk about the last day on the Titanic. His often humorous talk was taken from interviews he did with survivors of the tragedy.

I've decided that I like the coffee from the Lido fine. We really didn't need the coffee card except for the specialty coffees and the convenience of having coffee at both locations. The pastries at the International Cafe are excellent and the coffee goes just right with them.

A couple of hours by the pool in the afternoon with a nap..... ahhhhh relaxing. We had a nice chat with BC Princess AKA Vanya and her parents Joyce and Ken. Joyce and Ken will be going with us B2B but Vanya has to go back to work. I am so glad I am retired!!!

Formal Night tonight... the Captain makes a welcome speech and there will be a Champagne Waterfall in the Piazza. Then the Princess Singers and Dancers. We will need to be early for the show. Jack likes to sit on the front row so he can see the lady dancers up close.