We watched a most beautiful sunrise from our balcony this morning, and I’m glad we saw it, because it was the only time we saw the sun today. Clouds moved in before I even got dressed and left the cabin to go to breakfast, and it only got worse from there.
It wasn’t really blueberry pancake day, but I had a taste for them.
#spoiledbySona
There was a light drizzle coming down when we returned to the cabin, and, armed with our Tilley hats and pool towels we decided to walk to the beach at Mahogany Bay. We never made it that far. By the time we made it to the pier, the skies open up and it poured, hard, most of the rest of the day, with occasional periods of thunder and lightning. We initially sat under a canopy on the pier thinking it might clear up, and then we were there helping hold down the corners of the canopies when they threatened to go airborne until crew back up arrived.
Interestingly, one of those coming to help was none other than Ionut, our wonderful cabin steward on the Pacific Princess when it hit the breakwater in Nice. He is the Assistant Rooms Division Manager and works for Cristian. What are the odds that both of them were our cabin stewards years ago? He said he knew from Cristian that we were coming back this cruise. I had emailed Cristian from Galveston to thank him for our Crown Grill dinner, but only after Princess announced that the current cruise would definitely sail. I didn’t want him to think I was looking for him to feed us any inside info while things were so up in the air.
Had my first hard seltzer today from the Good Spirits Bar. It was pretty good.
Eight years later, our paths crossed again
Once we were about as wet as we could be (my sneakers may never dry out), we took advantage of a brief lull in the rain to re-board the ship and went up to the Sanctuary to see if any loungers up there stayed dry in the monsoon. We have a bit of a plan to get Sanctuary passes for the Thanksgiving cruise to avoid the 400 kids they’re expecting, but I need to check the weather first. The initial sea days were too windy this cruise to use it and there was nothing dry up there today except the cabanas.
Then we were well and truly soaked, as there is no way to even get to the Sanctuary when it is raining without getting drenched. We returned to the cabin where the AC which has been running nonstop suddenly felt freezing. After hot showers we went to the buffet for lunch, my first meal up there since the day we went to the D Day beaches in Normandy.
The rain continued all afternoon, but it was dry on our balcony and we sat out there and enjoyed it until it was time to go to dinner. I’ve finally, after almost three years of trying, made it to the Good Spirits Bar for a drink before dinner. I neglected to take a pic of the drink or the menu so I simply have to return again to remedy that.
This broccoli salad from the vegan menu is one of my favorite things currently available on the ship.
I remembered to take a pic of the dessert menu. Usually we don’t even look at it.
Oh, I see I missed the orange sorbet. Darn.
Speaking of orange sorbet reminds me of something I forgot to mention about the Carnival Jubilee. Every night on the dessert menu, sorbet is an option, so G asked what the flavor was, and Kadek told him there was orange, lime and pineapple and my suspicions were instantly raised. G ordered all three. Sure enough, they were sherbet, not sorbet. They had no sorbet. Lactose intolerant? Surprise!
We were looking forward to tonight’s Princess Theater show, Rhinestone Cowgirls. If you’re cruising out of Galveston, it helps to like country music. I don’t, mostly, though I’m starting to come around a little, being influenced by my guys who love it. They’ve spent a fortune on concert tickets, cowboy hats and boots and have not stopped trying to convert me.
But tonight’s show, with three female vocalists was excellent, and they sang country hits with almost universal appeal and were very well received.
I am publishing this post early tonight (go me!) as we wait in the Wheelhouse for tonight’s piano entertainers (there’s a new one tonight plus Derrick Dishington. Maybe he’s Derrick’s replacement?) to begin. Something tells me this might run very late again, and that I will appreciate having today’s post behind me when I awake tomorrow.
We’re having a great time!! Can you tell?
Life is good. :)
