Day 49
Today is
the first of two sea days before we return to Fort Lauderdale and the end of
our cruise. We both slept well last
night and were up relatively early for us.
We decided to skip breakfast this morning and sat out on the balcony for
a while until our room stewards came to clean our room.
While our
room was being cleaned, we went down to the Neptune Lounge and ran into Bob and
Carol. They were the couple that went to
the Sombadrome with us in Rio so we chatted with them for a while until our
room was cleaned. We spent the rest of the
morning talking about starting to do some packing, but actually just read.
Today we
had made reservations at the Pinnacle Grill for a lunch with our evening trivia
team. Val and I were joined by Wally and
Nancy, and Roy and Gabriella and had a very nice lunch and great
conversation. After a while, we noticed
no one else was in the room and decided it was time to leave. We had a great time and really enjoyed
talking to everyone.
It was
already mid-afternoon so Val and I decided to return to our room, but not
before making a very quick stop in the casino.
Once back in the room, I went back to reading and Val did a little
preliminary packing. I decided I should
do something productive so I updated the blog and uploaded the last of my
pictures to the computer.
Tonight was
our seventh and last formal night of the cruise which is too many as far
as we’re concerned. The Ocean Bar was
very crowded tonight for trivia so seats were hard to come by, but we managed to
get the last ones for our group. We were
still feeling full from our lunch in the Pinnacle Grill so we opted to only
have a couple of appetizers for dinner before heading to the casino.
After the
casino, it was back to the room for a little bit of reading before going to
bed. Tomorrow is a sea day and our last
day of the cruise.
Monday, March 25
Day 50
Today is
our final sea day and final day of the cruise.
The last day is the worst day of the cruise and not just because it
means our cruise is ending. It also is
the day we have to pack everything up and get it ready to go home. For some reason, it seems like it’s always
harder to fit everything in going home than it is leaving for the cruise.
We got up
late and after getting cleaned up, we went to the Neptune Lounge for a snack
while they cleaned our room. After the
room was done, we couldn’t put it off any longer and started the packing
process. Val had started her packing
yesterday, but I really hadn’t done much.
We were
finally pretty much done by 1:00 PM and headed off to the Lido for a late
lunch. When we returned, I did a little
more packing and then read for a bit and updated the blog.
Several
things make packing more difficult for us.
First off, we ship our large pieces of luggage so we won’t see them
again until a week after we get home.
The second thing is, you have to put any luggage you don’t want to lug
off the ship yourself out in the hall way before 1:00 AM so you also have to
think through what you need for the morning.
We have done it a number of times over the years, but it is still a
little stressful.
As the
afternoon wore on, we were getting a little bored and decided to go down to the
casino. This was a very good decision
for Val and not for me; I quickly lost my money and she won $400. We spent the rest of the afternoon reading
and relaxing until it was time to get ready for dinner.
The last
night of the cruise is always a little sad and tonight was no exception. We went to trivia and said our good byes to
our new friends Wally and Nancy and our old friends, Roy and Gabriella. We had a good time with them every evening at
trivia and enjoyed the conversation and good times.
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| Our evening trivia team, from let to right Wally, Nancy, Gabriella, Roy, Me and Val |
One of the
reason we like the fixed dining times is we have the same dining stewards every
night and get to know them and they get to know us over the length of our
cruise. It was sad to say good bye to
Dolly and Ariy, they provided good service and we enjoyed talking to them every
evening.
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| Our dining stewards Dolly on the left and and Ariy on the left. |
After
dinner we made our last visit to the casino where I lost the last of my money
I allocated for gambling and will go home empty handed again. On the other hand, Val held onto the $400 she
won this afternoon and will go home with some money, unlike me.
The evening
finally ended and we returned to our room to do a little final packing and then
I moved three of our bags out in the hallway where they’ll be picked up tonight
and we won’t see them until we are in the terminal tomorrow. After that, it was straight to bed as we have
an early morning tomorrow in Fort Lauderdale.
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