Today is
the first of two sea days before we arrive back in San Diego and the end of our
cruise. You can tell the cruise is
almost ending as the mood around the ship is more somber as everyone prepares
to leave. The only thing we had planned
this morning was a lecture at 10:00 AM so we took our time getting up and
around. It was nice to have yet another lazy morning.
After breakfast
we headed off to the showroom to hear Tommie Sue Montgomery continue her
lecture series on Latin America. Today’s
lecture was “The Myth and Reality of the Conquest of Mexico and Peru”. It was very interesting as all of her
lectures are.
After the
lecture we wandered up to the Lido Pool area where they were holding a
Statendam Fair where various departments had carnival games with a ships
theme. By winning at the games you
earned “Dam” dollars and those who had the top five amount of dollars, won
prizes. Val and I earned a few “Dam” dollars,
but not nearly enough to win a prize. It
was actually kind of fun and after making the rounds of the different games, we
headed back to the cabin.
The other
night when we had our Machu Picchu Red Group reception, Tony had collected
pictures for everyone for distribution to the group. I hadn’t heard anything from him so we went
down to ask him about it and it turns out he had a DVD waiting for us. Thanks so much Tony for doing that for us,
it’s the little things that make a great leader.
Val and I
returned to the room and looked at all the pictures Tony had collected from
everyone, as well as video he had put together, very well done. By this time it was time for Val to be off to
trivia so while I waited for her to finish, I updated the blog and backed up
the new pictures we had gotten.
Today was
the last chance to qualify for the $500 slot tournament so after trivia, Val
and I went down for one more try at qualifying – we didn’t even come
close. We hung around to watch the
finals and then went for a late lunch at the Lido. This was the last day of the trivia competition
and the Smarty Pants Team came in third.
They started strong, but have faltered as the cruise nears its end.
After lunch
we returned to the room and read until it was time for dinner. There was a brief interruption when the
captain announced there was a whale swimming along beside the ship on the port
(left) side, but our balcony was on the starboard side so we couldn’t see
anything. I rushed out to the Sea View
deck, but by the time I got there he had tired of following us and was gone.
Tonight was
the final formal night of the cruise so most people were dressed for the
occasion. We went to the MIX a little
early tonight and listened to Chris before it was time for dinner. After dinner it was off to the casino where
Val happily collected a $200 win, she is doing quite well on this trip! I managed to break even for the night, which
was a small victory for me as I have been doing terrible lately.
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| Val with Purna (on the left) and Al, our dinner stewards. |
Tomorrow is
the last day of the cruise, which is a sad and kind of lost day since we will
be packing and preparing to leave the ship in San Diego.
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