Day 3—At Sea
Before going up to the Lido for breakfast, I went out to the deck to see what the weather was like. The sun was just starting to come up—yes, the sun! It was still cloudy out, but sometime during the night, the deck had started to dry and the clouds were starting to break up. The seas seemed a little calmer, but the ship was still moving quite a bit.
Had breakfast in the Lido, then went back to my room to get my Kindle. When I got back, one of my closet doors was gone. It didn’t close all the way, but hadn’t bothered me since it was only stuck open about an inch; it’s not like it was gaping wide open. I had passed two men in the hallway carrying something very long and flat and didn’t think anything about till I got to my room and realized it was my closet door they were carrying. Guess they decided it needed to be fixed.
I went to the Explorer’s Lounge and enjoyed just relaxing, reading a book and watching the water outside along with the some glimpses of blue sky for a few hours. I thought about going to a couple of activities, but just kept reading and enjoying the view instead.
A few of the folks I had met previously wandered by and asked how I had been feeling. I was fine (thank goodness), but apparently there were several people who had been very seasick since we left San Diego—guess that explained why there didn’t seem to be that many people on board the ship.
I had reservations for lunch in the Pinnacle Grill that day (wanted to use the gift card my travel agent provided) and looked forward to trying it out. I ran into Sharon in the hallway and she asked what I was doing for lunch—I told her that I was going to the Pinnacle Grill and asked if she wanted to join me. We met at 12:00. We both had the halibut, which was wonderful. We sat and talked for quite a while and didn’t leave till after 2:00. She talked about her husband and I talked a little about my husband—she cried and I cried with her. It was good to talk with someone who is going through the same things, although I’m further along in the grief process, and I think it helped her too.
She went back to her room to take a nap and I thought that might be a good idea too. When I got back to my room, I had a message from the Cruise Critic host to let me know the cabin crawl would be at 3:00 and to meet in the Explorer’s Lounge. I had been looking forward to seeing the different cabins, but hadn’t heard exactly what time before I left, so I wasn’t sure it was going to happen, and the person who organized the cabin crawl wasn’t at the meet and greet yesterday.
Got to the Explorer’s Lounge a little early and as I looked around, I heard someone call my name. It was Jill, the lady I had met on the plane who lives a few blocks from me. I hadn’t seen her since we got on the trip and asked how she was. She said this was the first day she had been out of her cabin since she had been seasick the entire time. She also said that she had taken several cruises and had never gotten sick before. A couple of other people joined in the conversation and one person said that the ship’s motion was the worse she had ever seen it and she has done this same exact trip several times. Someone else said she had seen it much worse, but had never seen it last so long before. Unfortunately, I have nothing to compare it to, so I couldn’t tell you if it was unusually rough or not. Jill said she had started feeling better after taking some medication today she got from the ship’s doctor—also, the seas weren’t quite as rough as yesterday (which was the only thing I could compare it to).
Met everyone at 3:00 and was told my cabin would be first for the cabin crawl—guess we were going to look at the inside (mine) then move up to the ocean view, then the suites. Everyone piled into my cabin (there were 11 of us) and they all said there was more room than they had thought. Since I was in the middle of the ship, and on the third deck, there was less motion than in some other parts of the ship. They also asked if there was any noise, which there wasn’t—so far, I haven’t heard anything at all, either from my neighbors, people in the hallway, or anything above me.
The ocean view cabin we saw was on deck 6 and was all the way in front—in fact, the windows actually faced forward and you could see where the ship was going. There was actually a little less space in that room than in mine, but it did have two windows, and boy did the ship pitch up and down in that location.
The next room was a balcony room—the room itself wasn’t much bigger than mine, but laid out differently and had a sliding glass door which led to a small balcony. The next room was a deluxe balcony suite and it was really nice—larger than a hotel room, with a separate seating area with a full size couch and two chairs, a separate changing room, and larger bathroom with two sinks. The balcony was very large and had a table and four chairs along with two lounge chairs with a small table between them. It was on Deck 7 toward the back.
The last room was a huge room—the penthouse verandah suite. All I can say is wow! It was really a two-bedroom apartment. This will probably be the only time I see one of these types of rooms—unless I win megabucks (which isn’t very likely since I don’t play megabucks). Sure shows you how the “rich” folks travel.
All in all, though, I’m really happy with my room, and wouldn’t want to pay the prices the other folks paid. The people with the penthouse and deluxe balcony suites did admit that they spend a lot of time in their rooms, which is exactly what I didn’t want to do. Anyway, it was very interesting seeing the different rooms.
After the cabin crawl, I went back to my room to get my Kindle and find a nice quiet spot to read. Around 7:00 I got dressed for dinner—it was our first formal night. My cabin closet door had been fixed and was in place by then.
Dinner was very nice and everyone was all dressed up. I had shrimp cocktail, followed by potato and leek soup, and then the lobster thermador and filet steak. The shrimp cocktail was good with just the right amount of horseradish in the cocktail sauce; the potato leek soup was very creamy, and the filet was really tender; the lobster thermador however, was just OK. After dnner, it was my usual cappuccino along with tiramisu. The conversation was interesting, but halfway through dinner, Jim (the only man at the table) had to leave—he had attended a “mixology” class and learned how to make martinis—part of the class is to drink what you make. His wife said he had had just a little too many martinis—guess they made six different kinds—that’s a lot of martinis to drink. (Luckily he wasn’t “driving” home.) I actually had dessert that night (tiramisu) along with my cappuccino
After dinner, it was back to my room—yup, missed another show tonight. I guess that’s the hazard of eating so late and not being used to staying up late. Tonight we turn the clocks back an hour—which means I’ll probably wake up even earlier and want to go to bed during dinner.
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