We spent the entire day, from when we first awoke, until we dressed for dinner, lying in the sun on the Terrace Deck. This took a surprising amount of effort, what with the frequent sunscreen applications and the hot tub soaks, followed by cooling dips in the Terrace Pool. I guess we're just not good at doing nothing; in the end, I found it more tiring than than busy-ness that usually fills our sea days. Still, the seas were mirror-smooth; honestly, the bounciness of December and January is all but forgotten. This is cruising the way I love it.
I skipped breakfast altogether, and simply had a blended vanilla latte to start the day while overlooking the wake. Lunch was chips and salsa collected from the Cafe Caribe. But by dinner, we were ready for some real food. We were in the Piazza at 5pm to watch the 10-minute balance act of Lubo and Lucy. This is pretty amazing, even if the Piazza buskerfest activities are not normally your thing.
Building a chandelier out of stemware while balancing it on the bridge of his nose:
Balancing a champagne bottle on a balloon on a sword in his mouth then popping the balloon and catching the champagne bottle on the sword.
Dinner with Darko was three courses (we were hungry!) accompanied by a full bottle of Korbel, to celebrate our 121st day at sea. We went immediately to the Explorers Lounge afterwards, to listen to the Emerald Princess orchestra play...and maintain ownership of two seats for the popular Ye Olde Pub Night at 8pm. Also tonight: mentalist Brent Webb did three shows in the Princess Theater.
The last Ye Olde Pub Night with this cast :-(
We're already in the cabin with fuzzy water and popcorn. There is unenthusiastic talk of going up to MUTS to watch Captain Philips, which we've not yet seen this winter. Or we can just go to sleep early. Nothing wears us out faster than doing nothing all day.