Cruise Day 33
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Today is a sea day and the cruise is winding down; there is only one more port before we return to Boston and home. We got plenty of sleep last night so even if we tried, we couldn’t really stay in bed too long and were both up before nine. We had breakfast in the Neptune Lounge and found Alexa, our concierge back at her post. She has been sick for a few days, and we have had Carl taking her place. It was good to see Alexa back and healthy.
The weather is a little better today with partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures. We actually spent time out on the balcony while our room was being cleaned; we haven’t been able to do that for a while.
Val’s big casino win has caused us a bit of a problem (a good problem). Because they couldn’t pay us with a check, we have a large amount of cash that I would rather not have to carry back so one solution was to pay off our shipboard account in cash and I did that this morning. That still leaves quite a bit of cash, but at least it is less than it was.
I spent the rest of the morning writing up the blog for yesterday while Val read and relaxed. We received our disembarkation packet today with instructions on the procedure to get off the ship. Instead of going through customs in the terminal, we will be meeting face-to-face with immigration officials on the ship before we are allowed to get off. It is all scheduled and looks to be efficient, but we’ll see how that goes.
The morning went by fast, and it was soon lunch time. We went a little later than usual and were rewarded with a less crowded Lido, something we need to remember. As has become our custom on sea days, we went down to the casino after lunch where I quickly lost my money. Val was luckier and hit a nice little jackpot and continued to play while I returned to our room.
Val returned a while later and I decided to go down to the outside promenade deck and take some pictures from the rear of the ship. It was quite windy, but the skies were blue, and the sun was out so it was a nice day. I returned to the room and downloaded yesterdays and today’s pictures to the computer, backed everything up and then relaxed and read for the rest of the afternoon.
Tonight is the last formal night of the cruise, so we got into our dressy attire and headed off to dinner. After dinner we headed off to the casino where my losing ways continued. Val had some success and stayed longer than I did. Tomorrow will be our last port of the cruise before returning to Boston.
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