We had another wonderful time on the ship last evening.
Last night we dined at Prego with our friend Chuck. This was our second and final dinner at Prego for this voyage. We had a wonderful time at dinner. As usual, both the cuisine and the service were outstanding as was the overall ambience of this dining venue. Chuck and Anne Marie each had the veal special of the evening, which was the osso bucco, while Keith enjoyed the striped bass entrée. We enjoyed a fabulous conversation with Chuck and it has been very wonderful to get to know Chuck over this voyage.
We slept very well last evening as we sailed towards Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Keith awoke early and once again began his morning in the Fitness Center. When he arrived, one of the Steve’s was already there. Keith enjoyed another great workout on the Elliptical Machine while talking with Steve and then the others who arrived during the workout. A little while later the other Steve (by now you must be confused with all of the Steve’s and which Steve is which) arrived to the center and after that Roy arrived and later on Chuck arrived. If we gave it more time, we may have had a full house at the Fitness Center. J
After a wonderful workout, Keith stopped by the Lido Café to bring back some coffee to the room.
A little while after Keith arrived back to the room, Anne Marie started her first of two workouts for the day and she also brought back some coffee to the room.
At 8:00 AM there was a knock on the door and that meant that Sebastian the wonderful butler arrived with our breakfast. We chatted with Sebastian as he set up the table for breakfast and have truly enjoyed having him as our butler over the course of this voyage. We have a good running joke with Sebastian about which coffee pot has decaffeinated coffee and which one is regular. While each day he not only labels the decaffeinated coffee pot with a hat but also neatly writes on it decaf, he also reminds us which is the decaffeinated pot. So, on some days we ask him after he goes through the entire explanation, which is the decaffeinated coffee.
We stopped by the stores and there was a big sale going on in one of them so it was quite busy. In general, the stores have been busier on this cruise than we have seen on prior cruises as many guests have a good deal of shipboard credits that they can use towards part or their entire purchases.
We spoke with Ross who is the Bar Manager who we know from our sailings on the Crystal Serenity. He has recently moved onto the Symphony on a permanent basis. We complemented him on The Vintage Room since his responsibilities include that venue and we also thanked him for his help at the Meet and Mingle Party and at the French Fry Party.
There were lots of great activities and enrichment on the ship throughout the day today.
In the morning, destination lecturer Ken Rees presented South of the Border – The Story of Mexico. He spoke about Mexico’s challenges including their problems of the past and its uncertain future. A good deal has changed in Mexico. In the afternoon, Celebrity Lecturer Jim Brochu presented Loving Lucy – The Life and Career of Lucille Ball. It was a very personal and moving tribute to Lucille Ball and once again Jim did an outstanding job in sharing lots of interesting information about this famous actress and comedian.
Later today we will be going to the Avenue Saloon to see Steve play some songs for several of us on the Piano. Before dinner we have been invited to the room next ours for some wine and canapés and then we will finally be back in the Main Dining Room after being away a few days. We hope that the wait staff will remember our names. J
In honor of Jim Brochu’s outstanding lecture on Lucille Ball we are including two thoughts of the day. The first we posted the other day and is a quote from Lucille Ball.
TODAY’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY….
“I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.”
Lucille Ball
TODAY’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY….
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Keith and Anne Marie
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