Finally A Day At Sea

     Finally today we had a sea day. We have been on the go for about 12 days since we arrived in Ireland and today was the first sea day that we had. There are only 2 on the entire trip. No such thing as relaxing until today. We did manage to sleep in with no real plan for the day. A small breakfast followed by exercise . We had a nice morning tea (tea and a dessert). We were waiting for the pub lunch to open. On many sea days they serve fish and chip and other English meals in the Wheelhouse lounge. The ship calls they British Pub Days. There is always a lineup but we only waited for about 10 minutes. We joined up with our table mates from Calgary.

Passing At Sunset

Self Portrait

 The first champagne auction of this trip was this afternoon. Princess has changed the way they do the auction. Today they only sold things in “lots” and one went for around $18,000. All items were in the thousands of dollars except for a few token ones. Hard to believe that they would sell that type of art. Gone are the days of the low price paintings. We noticed a few changes on the last cruise but this is not the old days. Everyone got a piece of art when they left – a small glossy print of something.

     We did go to line dancing. Karen did a good job again. We first met her on the Crown Princess on a crossing a few years ago and she seems much more polished now. She confirmed that the Crown was her first contract with Princess. She did what she called an intermediate dance. It was a beginners all the way. However she keeps the class moving so at least it was a chance to move around a bit. She also does the zumba class in the morning.

Formal Night

Dressed abd Ready To Go

   Chocolate covered strawberries arrived and we had a glass of wine, then went to the Captain's party. Of over 3200 people aboard, there are only 162 with “Elite” status. Dinner and a new production show that was a bit off the wall ended the evening. We really enjoyed the day at sea!