Post # 18 At Sea – Packing Day September 25, 2015

With Eli and Bill

    Today was the last day of the cruise. It was a sea day after the great experience in Halifax yesterday. We are getting very close to New York and the rush to make our plane at noon. Tonight we also get the last of our zone hours back so we get some extra sleep time. It was like any other sea day – zumba at 9 followed by line dancing shortly after 10. We skipped the culinary demo as we had seen that before but we did take in a lecture about the positive benefits of the NASA space program. Then of course the packing. Since we had a 1 pm lunch date we could only get 1 bag done before time for one last pizza.        They had the egg drop competition but we did not enter it this voyage.

Pat and Dennis Table Mates

      After a good time eating and relaxing with our friends Eli and Bill we headed back to our cabin to finish getting ready to put out our luggage. Judy's cold seemed to go back to day one again. After 12 days you would think that she should be over it but it seems to be as bad as ever. Fortunately I am over mine.

     We met Eli and Bill and our table mates from Ontario for one last round in the Elite lounge before dinner, then made the pre dinner show. The juggler was part of it and was by far the best of the 3 acts. We were a bit late for dinner but it was good as usual. The food has been excellent on this cruise. Others have remarked about it. Baked Alaska and sad goodbyes ended the evening.

    I did spend some time today looking at the photos around the ship. They seem to concentrate on Alaska, the Caribbean and Santorini. I don't know if that a conscience effort by Princess or it is just what they got. I found it interesting that everyone seems to take the same photo of the sites. Been there, took the photo was my thought. After having spent some time in a photo club, many of the photos framed were as one person called them “snapshots”. Some great ones, some not so great. I did hear back from the cruise director that the Great Wall photo that is on this ship was the only one selected of the 3 I sent in.

   

Travel Day tomorrow with one post to follow.