We can certainly tell we are headed North, and the high temperatures are slowly dropping. Today was another good day at sea, with waves less than two feet and plenty of sunshine. But, the wind was up and the temperature hovered around 64 degrees, and tomorrow in Gibraltar the temperature is predicted to be in the low 60’s with a chance of rain. I hope that the rain does hold off so that we can get some good pictures there.
We had another time change today (actually turned the clocks forward at 2am) and Sharon and I slept in this morning. We didn’t even get room service. We decided to go up to the Lido for breakfast instead (see, we are not totally spoiled, YET).
We had a second Cruise Critics get together in the crows nest and that was nice to re-connect with folks that we hadn’t seen much of so far.
Today is another formal night, and around 3pm our room steward came around with another HAL gift, this time umbrellas. We may need them tomorrow.
Oh, by the way, for all of you Cruise Critic folks, the Prinsendam still has trays in the Lido, and the self serve laundries are still free although we have heard rumors that may go away at some point.. We have also been somewhat disappointed that there are no alternatives offered for the evening meals. On the Volendam and Maasdam you could select one of the offered entrees or they also listed a steak and chicken dish as an alternative. There have been a couple of meals when I may have gotten either the steak or chicken instead of the offerings.
Today was a lazy day as we prepare for Gibraltar. The government does not allow the ship to provide shuttle service between the pier and the town in order to preserve work for the local taxi drivers I guess. The good news is it can be walked (15-20 supposedly). It appears that to get from the docks to the cable car to the top of the mountain is about a mile and slightly over so we will see what we can handle. Not so concerned about walking there but by the time the days over the walk back may be too much for Sharon. We will see and will have lots to say tomorrow about Gibraltar I’m sure.
We had a Spanish BBQ last night on the Lido deck complete with homemade Sangria. It was a lot of fun and the food great. So was the Sangria.
Until tomorrow, cheers!
Bill & Sharon,
ReplyDeleteJust ask your white coat boss over your servers for the menu the night before IF you don't like or can't eat what they are serving ask for what you'd like a chicken breast, salmon or steak. After about a week on the Amsterdam there were so many of us that needed special care they brought back the alternates on the menu.
You must order it the night before or it holds up them serving your table we learned this on the 2007 cruise.
ENJOYING your blog ..... THANKS!
Jean & Doug