August 2, 2015—Day 8,
St Peters Port ,
Guernsey
Since we had no specific plans for today, we had intended on
sleeping in. Good intentions don’t
always work, and I was awake before 6:00am (despite not going to sleep until
late). After getting dressed, I stepped
out onto the balcony (I’m really going to be spoiled with a balcony instead of
my usual inside cabin); it was fairly warm out, not warm by California standards, but definitely warmer
than it has been. My dad said he had
been up since a little after 5:00, and my mother was just waking up.
We headed up to the Lido
deck for breakfast and afterward, I headed aft with another cup of coffee to
enjoy the nice weather and to log on and post.
There is a very nice deck at the back of the ship and I know I’ll spend
a lot of time here just writing up my journal and posting on line, especially
early in the morning. Since it’s at the
back of the ship, it’s out of the wind and the sun was shining (keeping fingers
crossed and knocking on wood that we continue to have good weather).
Our ship was anchored at St Peter Port on the island of Guernsey United Kingdom
that had been occupied by the Germans during World War II. Since this was a tender port, and I had heard
that the tender ride was fairly rough, we decided to just stay on the ship and
relax.
Since many of the passengers had gone ashore, the ship was
fairly empty and it was a great time to explore. This ship is huge, much larger than any other
ship I’d been on! We spent a good part
of the morning and early afternoon walking around the three decks that
surrounded the piazza area, then sat near the International Cafe for tea and
cappuccino.
We had a late lunch in the buffet, which started to get
crowded with the returning passengers.
The ship was scheduled to leave at 3:00pm and as we started to sail, my
parents headed down to the cabin while I went aft to join up with the other
Cruise Critic folks for the meet and greet that was scheduled—it was nice to
meet a few folks and put faces to the names I had “met” on line.
It was formal night tonight, and the menu was the special 50th
Anniversary menu which really didn’t appeal to us. So we decided to skip the formal dinner and
the Captain’s Champagne Waterfall. Instead,
we visited the casino which was finally open for the first time this cruise
from 5:30pm till around 9:00pm. Since
this itinerary has us sailing so near the British Isles ,
the casino won’t be open very much (in order to open the casino, the ship has to
be in international waters). My parents
had lost their designated “play money” the first hour and headed back to their cabin. I was down to my last $20 out of the $60 I
had allowed myself when I started winning, and by the time the casino closed, I
cashed out $300! Woo hoo!!
When I headed back to the cabin for bed, the ship was moving
quite a bit and I was rocked to sleep as we made our way toward Ireland .
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