September 11, 2026
A sea day for us today. Obviously it has been a lazy day. Denise and Ilene chose to sleep in. Kim and I met at 8:30 AM to put the feed bag on. After eating, I decided to do some laps around the deck and then I brought Denise some breakfast. They make some amazing sticky buns which Denise is in love with. So with that and some eggs and croissants, she had Tim delivery service for breakfast. But I wasn’t even offered a tip. Eventually, all of us met in a diner and played Five Crowns. It is such a luck of the draw, but I never have the luck. I really enjoy just chillin and playing such games. It is fun.
At lunch time, none of us felt overly hungry. But Kim has to eat to keep his system balanced due to his diabetes. So he and Ilene went up to get some food. Denise and I went to a Waltz dancing class. I have such lousy footwork. But in the end, we kind of did it. It was fun. I was actually sweating a bit when I was done. After dancing, we headed up to the buffet to find Kim and Ilene. We told ourselves that we would walk the buffet and just choose one thing. Yea…right. We got more than one thing…but we did just get sample portions. So I think we did pretty good.
After lunch, we separated again. Due to Ilene’s bad experience at the Spa and her saying something, they have bent over backwards to make sure they fix that bad experience. So they invited her to come back today and enjoy some part of the spa. Ilene asked if she could bring her friend. They kind of him’d and haw’d and didn’t really answer. Nonetheless, Denise went with Ilene and they allowed Denise to go with her. I think the value of this part of the spa would normally be around $90. So thank you Ilene! Kim and I put on our swimsuits and went to the indoor hot tubs (with everyone else on the ship). It was pretty crowded. But we did a cannon ball into the middle of the hot tub and they all cleared out for us! Naw, we just squeezed ourselves in. While in there, I had a lovely visit with an Italian family. The father said that I seemed to have an English accent. That made me smile. They spoke very broken english. So we were able to chat a little. Later, I got out and went for a swim in the pool. They keep the pools around 90 degrees. It was pleasant and nice to swim.
After returning to my room, I checked on our wash…yes…we washed clothes in our room today. So we have things hanging all over the room. Outside on the balcony and looking into the sea, it is very low foggy, a bit wet and quite windy. The boat has actually been moving quite a bit. But after being in the hot tub it felt nice to sit on the balcony a while and cool off.
We’ve had a nice trip. It has been fun being with Kim and Ilene. I hope they feel the same about us. I do get a little tired and then talk a bit less. I don’t talk much at all normally. But I can get into a space where I talk even less. Anyway, I hope they are ok being with us/me.
Dinner is at 6. Show at 7:30 and 9:30 with cards in between. Same agenda the whole trip thus far…and we love it.
Both shows were quite good. All evening it felt like this was the last night for the cruise. And by golly, it is for some. Apparently this cruise can begin and end from Kiel, Germany and begin and end from Copenhagen. Fascinating. Anyway, the main show had lots of fun acts and good singing and dancing. But the lounge show, with the Big Band of the Sea and a guy named Lance Ellington who is the son of the famous band leader Duke Ellington, took the night. What an amazing performance by him and the band. I love good instrumentals and we got great instrumentals from this band our whole cruise. Really nice job.
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