Our first official sea day we slept in if you call 9:00 a.m. sleeping in.
We had planned on getting an early swim since our room was a very short walk to the main pool but it was
coooooolllllddddd!
We're almost to Cuba, how can it only be
64* and overcast!
(I had actually contemplated on wearing my jacket but turned the heat all the way up in our room instead.) Surprisingly there were still people in the pool and I'm sure they were the ones saying, "We paid a lot for this cruise and we're swimming!" No thank you, I like to keep feeling in my fingers and toes.
On Sea Days the other assigned restaurant, Blush, (pictured below) has an open brunch. The first thing you'll notice is the beautiful chandeliers made of tiny twinkling lights. So pretty but I would never want to clean them. They have a nice selection of breakfast and lunch items to choose from. This morning my daughter and I had a short stack of pancakes, seasoned hash browns, a croissant and bacon. (I might have eaten bacon every day of the cruise.
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The weather was still carppy cool after dining but the sun was shining so we decided to mosey to the Sports Deck (located on the topmost level of the ship) for a few rounds of minigolf. Unfortunately so did a lot of other families with little children.
We thought they would be in the children's club aboard ship which looked pretty great. (We toured them but my daughter decided it wasn't her thing.) Waiting for our turn, the girls decided to play--or should I say
try to play--billiards. The wind was blowing pretty well across the deck causing all the balls to roll to one side. The game lasted all of three minutes before they moved to the foosball table with the same results.
They didn't even try pingpong.
By this time I had become one with my chair.
That comfy feeling where you know you should get up but you really don't want to. So the girls played on without me while I checked my eyelids for cracks.
That is until I felt "ploop.....ploop.....wush!" The heavens opened. It was
raining!
Mass exodus from the S.D. I'm pretty sure the only ones left behind were the two bartenders.
What to do now? Eat? Yeah, let's eat.
"Aaaahhhhhh
aaaahhhhhhaaaaaaahhhhhhh
aaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaahhhhhh
aaaaaahhhhh" (pretend that's angels singing)
Enter Guy's Burgers! A handformed mound of delicious grilled burgerosity on a buttered bun with fresh hand cut fries.
There were five different choices and today we chose the "Pig Patty" which was lettuce, onion, tomato (which I gave to my daughter), mayo, cheese and a round patty made of bacon on top of the actual burger. These were so big we shared and.....we shared one almost every day.
There was also a toppings bar with your usual condiments plus sauteed onions, sauteed mushrooms, chili, nacho cheese sauce, banana peppers, jalepeno peppers, and more
bacon! Thank goodness Guy's was free!!!
View attachment 89424 Every time I tried to take my own picture they weren't as pretty (or half eaten before I remembered) but this is a great example of the BBQ burger. It has onion rings on it.
Now to "DID YOU SEE WHO THAT WAS?"
We decided to go galavanting around the other decks of the ship since it was still raining. Standing in a little group of people waiting for the elevator I look to my left and facing the other direction....No!....It can't be!.....For real!......
IT WAS THE SMOKING DUDE FROM THE PLANE! What incredibly dumb luck he happened to be on our ship!
That was the fastest we ever jumped on an elevator so he didn't see us. Unfortunately this would
not be the only time we run into him.
