Today we were again spared any discomforting effects of Melissa. I’m still a bit amazed by our location on radar relative to the storm, knowing how unaffected we are on board. It is a little bouncy, but the open decks are still full of passengers and activities between intermittent rain showers.
Some clouds, some sun, occasional showers and even a rainbow
We went to breakfast in Sabatini’s a little later today. Our shockingly empty calendar required that we space out the really good parts of our day a little. I finished up yesterday’s blog post sitting in the Piazza, then had a wonderful chat with a retired teacher who has done several Roads Scholar trips including an African safari I have been considering.
I stood up to leave and happened upon an officers v guests line dance challenge. I have no idea how one judges something like that but it was huge fun to watch these officers we’ve gotten to know including HGM Shane and the two deck cadets, Jamie and Eduardo, getting jiggy.
Getting in the Halloween spirit dancing to Thriller
Hunger had nothing to do with going to the Allegro Dining Room for a fish taco, and we then returned to the cabin to watch a couple of those enrichment lectures we’ve missed.
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We passed by a lighthouse about 6pm, which was a little surprising as we really haven’t seen land from the ship since we left St. Thomas. It was the Cay Lobos Island lighthouse, about 190 miles south of Nassau, Bahamas.
The evening followed the usual format: PES Lounge, dinner with Berenice and Sebastian (I had all vegan until dessert. Pavlova!!!!!), and then to the Princess Theater for another show by piano man Jason O called Sing us a song. Loved it (though we sat in the last row of seats to make a quick getaway if the nearby coughs got too scary. We lasted about 20 minutes until we were chased away). I’m a little concerned about disembarkation day. I remember from last year how horrible the coughs were in the public lounges as we waited to leave the ship. For every person actively coughing around the ship, there are likely another two actually staying in their cabins and they will have to wait with the rest of us.
My favorite vegan menu
The ratatouille was so pretty!
We finished the evening watching the Michigan v Michigan State game on my iPad in the cabin. We’ve had no football on MUTS so far this cruise, not that I would expect to find a college game on the big screen, but I’m still hoping for a NFL game or two tomorrow. Thank you Mary for your email…it IS great to be a Michigan Wolverine!
I had a final bag of laundry to go out tonight but it was still in the cabin when we returned. Our steward said that we can no longer send laundry out (would have been nice to have been told that in advance). I’m going to have to wash a load in the next three days, which shouldn’t be too hard to do, with us having five sea days at the end of this cruise. I’m not going directly home, and need to have a couple more clean T-shirts in my suitcase.
We move clocks back one hour tonight and will finally be on CDT, a sure sign that this wonderful experience will soon be over. I will be very sorry to see this cruise come to an end, but I have some exciting things to look forward to in the coming few weeks and we will be walking on another ship in only a month. I need to stay well for another few days: hard to believe I might just pull this off!
