Thursday, August 23, 2007
Sea day
I like sea days. We were up by 8am and to Topsiders for breakfast. Victoria went in the goofy pool right after breakfast and pretty much had the pool to herself. We had left notes on Lynn and Darlene's doors so it wasn't long before Victoria's friends Sandy and Mary joined her. We wandered around the ship for awhile taking pictures of spots normally occupied by crowds. We did a bit of shopping in the stores and found some treasures for some folks at home. We met up with the Fools for lunch at Lumiere's. It was nice chatting with a smaller group of folks.
Martini Tasting was scheduled for 2pm. I was actually scheduled to be in the other tasting, but I heard through the grapevine some Fools might be too hung over to attend, so I went along with some other folks. We were served four martinis: a dry martini to which olive juice was added later to make it a dirty one, appletini, lemoncello one and a chocolate one. I liked these better than the previous tastings. People were very silly during the tasting and the giggles were passed on to the presenters who couldn't really finish a sentence without laughter. This tasting definitely packs a punch and I finished up by 3pm to dash up to deck 10 for high tea at Palo.
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My parents met us there for tea. Rather than feeling refined and ready for some polite tea, I was feeling a little too fine and used those scones and tea biscuits as munchies. We had a nice conversation anyway and enjoyed the view. Tea was over at about 4pm and we found the girls and gathered them up. I don’t know if it was the alcohol or the ship was rocking, but I felt a bit queasy.
After dinner the show of the evening was the ART OF THE STORY. We had not seen this show before. We sat in the front row on the left side. Sitting in the theater when I feel queasy/seasicky never works well for me. Maybe because my eyes want to focus on the stage and it appears to sway, I feel sick? I don’t know but when the show started I realized I would feel better in some fresh air. Sitting in the front row as the show starts is a lousy time to come to this realization.
The show began and several monk-like characters in robes walked in front of the stage directly in front of us. I was already apprehensive about leaving the theater and having to walk the length of the theater, disturbing people during the show. When I realized I would be walking on the TOES of the monk-like characters, I became nervous I was going to be sick on the monks and then REALLY ruin the show. I have never gotten sick on the ship so this wasn’t really a rational concern, but you couldn’t talk me out of it at that point.
I left the theater and went outside for fresh air. I immediately felt better. I watched the rest of the show from the back of the theater. When the show was over, my group said they were concerned because they didn’t know where I went. Sorry folks.
We strolled the deck of awhile and went up to open deck 9 while the kids played ping pong and just enjoyed each others company.
Sea day
I like sea days. We were up by 8am and to Topsiders for breakfast. Victoria went in the goofy pool right after breakfast and pretty much had the pool to herself. We had left notes on Lynn and Darlene's doors so it wasn't long before Victoria's friends Sandy and Mary joined her. We wandered around the ship for awhile taking pictures of spots normally occupied by crowds. We did a bit of shopping in the stores and found some treasures for some folks at home. We met up with the Fools for lunch at Lumiere's. It was nice chatting with a smaller group of folks.
Martini Tasting was scheduled for 2pm. I was actually scheduled to be in the other tasting, but I heard through the grapevine some Fools might be too hung over to attend, so I went along with some other folks. We were served four martinis: a dry martini to which olive juice was added later to make it a dirty one, appletini, lemoncello one and a chocolate one. I liked these better than the previous tastings. People were very silly during the tasting and the giggles were passed on to the presenters who couldn't really finish a sentence without laughter. This tasting definitely packs a punch and I finished up by 3pm to dash up to deck 10 for high tea at Palo.
http://sdhanna.150m.com/August_2007_general/martini/martini.jpg
My parents met us there for tea. Rather than feeling refined and ready for some polite tea, I was feeling a little too fine and used those scones and tea biscuits as munchies. We had a nice conversation anyway and enjoyed the view. Tea was over at about 4pm and we found the girls and gathered them up. I don’t know if it was the alcohol or the ship was rocking, but I felt a bit queasy.
After dinner the show of the evening was the ART OF THE STORY. We had not seen this show before. We sat in the front row on the left side. Sitting in the theater when I feel queasy/seasicky never works well for me. Maybe because my eyes want to focus on the stage and it appears to sway, I feel sick? I don’t know but when the show started I realized I would feel better in some fresh air. Sitting in the front row as the show starts is a lousy time to come to this realization.
The show began and several monk-like characters in robes walked in front of the stage directly in front of us. I was already apprehensive about leaving the theater and having to walk the length of the theater, disturbing people during the show. When I realized I would be walking on the TOES of the monk-like characters, I became nervous I was going to be sick on the monks and then REALLY ruin the show. I have never gotten sick on the ship so this wasn’t really a rational concern, but you couldn’t talk me out of it at that point.
I left the theater and went outside for fresh air. I immediately felt better. I watched the rest of the show from the back of the theater. When the show was over, my group said they were concerned because they didn’t know where I went. Sorry folks.
We strolled the deck of awhile and went up to open deck 9 while the kids played ping pong and just enjoyed each others company.
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