Thursday, February 20, 2014

Day 113: St. Thomas

Our activities today force me to humbly remind you that, though G and I are on a cruise ship, we are not taking a cruise. Rather, we are living at sea, and sometimes mundane administrative tasks intrude on our utopic existence. As they did today, because...well, it was St. Thomas and mundane administrative tasks are more easily completed on St. Thomas than anywhere else, even Fort Lauderdale (due to immigration requirements there that break up our day). 

So, I spent most of today going around in circles, first dealing with the frustrating task of taking care of business this morning, then walking on Deck 19 and "running" in the Splash Pool on Deck 17 in the afternoon. I never even got off the ship, though G did. The iguanas would've stormed the ship looking for brioche if he hadn't.

We were in Skywalkers for sailaway, but we were so busy chatting with new cruise friends Richard and Sylvia that I neglected to take even one photo of the beautiful scenery we were sailing past. 

Next up was Dinner with Darko and Komang, and then this cruises's Most Traveled Passengers party took place at 7:30pm. Cutoff this cruise was significantly lower at 400 days, and this was our first party with Captain Stenzel and new Captains Circle host Patrizia. Once again, we were part of the last group to leave the party, at nearly 10pm.  Someone, or several someones, likes to talk!  (I might be one of them).

I'll warn you now that tomorrow in St. Kitts might be equally disappointing for you. Captain Stenzl says the forecast calls for a 50% chance of rain. 

We plan to do our taxes. :-(