Thursday 21st June, 2012. Sea day.
Back to the rocking and rolling today but at least we don’t have to make up any time, so the Captain’s not pushing it. I take a pre-emptive seasick pill.
There's a cooking demo in The Marquee this morning followed by a tour of the galley. Keen for the galley tour we sit through the cooking demo, which turns out to be humourous and entertaining. The galley tour is very interesting. It's always fascinating to see behind the scenes of such a big operation.
Trevor’s turn to feel seedy, so he takes a seasick pill and goes back to bed. I go to the Disembarkation talk given by Cruise Director Lee Oliver, then have lunch in the Waterfront with a couple of older ladies who enjoy a good laugh and we get along very well. Once your dessert is delivered, the wait staff seem to forget about you though. More so this late in the cruise. We'd all love a cuppa and struggle to catch someone's attention without one of us jumping up and flashing them! I tell them "I've been treated better in worse places than this", which gets a good laugh.
Somewhere along the way, Trevor and I met John and Helen at dinner and we formed a 'Brains Trust' Trivia team with them and we won! We all got a P&O stubby cooler with the P&O logo and "winner" written on it. Special!! Martinis with the Masters is at 3pm, so I go it alone. John is there, so we sit together. Somebody he met won the ticket for the Martini mixer, worth $16, didn't want it, so gave it to Helen, she didn't want it either, so John wasn't going to waste it! Trevor starts to feel better and turns up towards the end. Nice, easy day and I got to read some of my book – at last!
There's the traditional Bombe Alaska parade and champagne waterfall at 10.30pm and of course we hang around for the free champers!
There's a cooking demo in The Marquee this morning followed by a tour of the galley. Keen for the galley tour we sit through the cooking demo, which turns out to be humourous and entertaining. The galley tour is very interesting. It's always fascinating to see behind the scenes of such a big operation.
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| the "Captain's Table" in the Waterfront Restaurant |
Trevor’s turn to feel seedy, so he takes a seasick pill and goes back to bed. I go to the Disembarkation talk given by Cruise Director Lee Oliver, then have lunch in the Waterfront with a couple of older ladies who enjoy a good laugh and we get along very well. Once your dessert is delivered, the wait staff seem to forget about you though. More so this late in the cruise. We'd all love a cuppa and struggle to catch someone's attention without one of us jumping up and flashing them! I tell them "I've been treated better in worse places than this", which gets a good laugh.
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| Waterfront Restaurant |
Somewhere along the way, Trevor and I met John and Helen at dinner and we formed a 'Brains Trust' Trivia team with them and we won! We all got a P&O stubby cooler with the P&O logo and "winner" written on it. Special!! Martinis with the Masters is at 3pm, so I go it alone. John is there, so we sit together. Somebody he met won the ticket for the Martini mixer, worth $16, didn't want it, so gave it to Helen, she didn't want it either, so John wasn't going to waste it! Trevor starts to feel better and turns up towards the end. Nice, easy day and I got to read some of my book – at last!
There's the traditional Bombe Alaska parade and champagne waterfall at 10.30pm and of course we hang around for the free champers!
Friday 22nd June, 2012. Final sea day.
No alarms set today and thanks to the heavy curtains, we sleep in. Decide to try for lunch at 'Salt', but they’re all booked up. Wish we’d heard the good reports about the place earlier. 'Salt' is Luke Mangan's restaurant on board and for $30 you can have lunch or $40 for dinner. A fellow passenger told me Luke is with us on this cruise, but I'm not sure whether to believe that.
Leisurely breakfast, up to The Dome for some quiet time and watched our approach into a rain squall.
Lunch, Martinis with the Masters at 3pm where we get to create our own cocktail, arvo nap (this relaxing takes it out of you!), then start the tiresome business of packing. Bags need to be outside our door when we go for dinner. Early night. Still trying to decide if I’ll get up early for the sail into Sydney Harbour. At least there’s the bonus of putting our clocks back an hour tonight.
Leisurely breakfast, up to The Dome for some quiet time and watched our approach into a rain squall.
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| view from The Dome |
Lunch, Martinis with the Masters at 3pm where we get to create our own cocktail, arvo nap (this relaxing takes it out of you!), then start the tiresome business of packing. Bags need to be outside our door when we go for dinner. Early night. Still trying to decide if I’ll get up early for the sail into Sydney Harbour. At least there’s the bonus of putting our clocks back an hour tonight.
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