It was nice to be able to sleep in after having had two long days touring Spain. The seas were a bit bumpy during the night, the wind was blowing about 30 MPH, and the ground swell was about 10-12 ft., coming in from the ship’s beam. This always makes the ships rock a little more than when the waves are from either the stern or bow.
It was also cloudy, and although a little warmer than past days, still cold when one is in the windy areas out on deck. We had no plans for the day, other than to catch up on these postings, and spend some time wondering around the ship.
Ship’s Interior Promenade
Ship’s Interior Promenade
Tonight is the first formal night of the three total on the cruise. We went to the dining room reservations desk to make a dinner reservation for a table near the windows, hopefully it will result in an area where the serving staff is better than last night’s.
The sun really never came out in full force, it was mostly cloudy and windy all day long. We had hoped it would be warm enough to sit out by the pool, but it just never happened. We did experience our first large ship Royal Caribbean buffet breakfast. It is a lot different than the Princess Cruises buffet, it is more spread out, and has more serving stations. It was still hard to find a seat, people obviously were just staying in after breakfast and not leaving, making for a really congested cafe. With this area so spread out, and with the delay in finding a table, it was just about impossible to eat warm food. I guess we will figure out a system to make it easier as we go. However, lunch was just about the same, with the same issues.
Tonight is also the Captain’s Welcome Reception at 7:30 pm, so we will attend that and then go to dinner afterward. Overall, as was really needed, we just spent most of the day resting.