We turned the clocks ahead an hour before going to bed Saturday evening meaning one less hour of sleep. After being “on the go” almost non-stop for a week, Sunday was the first sea day, an opportunity to unwind just a little bit. So of course that meant Monica booked a 9:00 AM manicure appointment. So much for sleeping in! Actually we did sleep in - the room has no alarm clock - so no breakfast this morning or Monica would have been late! While Monica was off being pampered Larry wandered the ship, got caught up on e-mail and had coffee while people-watching in the Royal Promenade. Basically, doing his best impression of a deck-potato!
One of the problems with a 138,000 tonne ship is finding your traveling companions! While the Ortofsky’s cabin is directly below our cabin, if we don’t arrange to meet somewhere then we all might as well be on the back-side of the moon because finding each other among 3800 of your “closest friends” just isn’t going to happen! Such was today. We knew they were here, we just didn’t know where, so after Monica had finished at the salon, we went off and had lunch in the Dining Room. We did eventually find them, out on their balcony (actually “terrace” would be a better description), with Norm smoking a cigar and enjoying the sun with a glass of wine. It’s a tough life……..
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| Our stateroom |
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| Overlooking the Pool Deck from the Viking Crown Lounge |
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| Looking down the Royal Promenade |
After a day of such strenuous relaxing, a good meal was in order, and tonight we had dinner in the Italian specialty restaurant, Portofino. This is a beautifully laid out room one deck up from us on Deck 11 and it would not be out of place on either of Crystal’s ships. The menu is regional Italian and both the food and presentation were excellent. It was also the first “formal” night, which is why we are all (well at least the guys, the ladies always look great!) relatively dressed up in the picture. After a wonderful dinner and the first production show, a great Broadway medley (Mamma Mia anyone?) it was off to bed. For us anyway. Norm and Barb were last seen heading in the direction of the Casino and Lord only knows where Mitchell went.
Athens tomorrow!
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