One of Bermuda's forts, seen from Snorkel Bay Beach

One of the residents of the aquarium

November 1, 2013

The final sea day on this leg of our cruise was packed with entertainment.  There was an aerial show in the Centrum, with three peformers doing Cirque d’Sole (I know it’s misspeeled) type work.  The ship’s orchestra did 45 minutes of Big Band Music – quite an accomplished group of musicians.  The activities director led about 40 of our fellow cruisers in the “Thriller” dance – doing the old Michael Jackson number, complete with being dressed up and made up as zombies (our friend, Julie Bracket was one of the zombies).  Then there was a farewell performance in the Palladium Theater.  Lots of good stuff.

My talks yesterday and today went well.  Yesterday: The Historic Ships of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.  Today: Maryland, My Maryland: Historic firsts and unusual people and practices.

Who is Daisy?

Because of a mixup somewhere, there was no opportunity to conduct a worship service Sunday, but I just had a message from my support person (who I could easily sue for non-support) saying they had scheduled a worship service for the second cruise.

Well, here we are back in Baltimore for a few hours before sailing again to Bermuda.  This really is a great itinerary – it gives cruisers an opportunity to explore a beautiful island and not have to rush back onboard to sail to the next destination.  Of course, island hopping is fun, too.  You really have to work hard to have a bad time on a cruise (we did hear one man complaining about everything – his stateroom, the food, the entertainment – he liked nothing; we speculated at supper that he was wrangling for a refund and therefore, a free cruise).

We are back onboard, having gone off through customs, turned around and came back, and ready to sail again.  We have the same state room, so we didn’t have to pack and move, and when I went to get a table – we have 2nd seating again – the assigned us to the same table.  We had good folks to eat with last week.  Hope we have good companions for supper again.

I did not tell you that your favorite cruisers have trouble keeping up with their stuff.  Bonnie lost her walkie talkie and we reclaimed it from Lost and Found.  I lost my Xoom – I signed a receipt and walked off without it.  A few minutes later I realized my hand was empty and went back and the clerk held it up with a smile.  Oh well.  At least the ship is big and we haven’t lost it.

Stay tuned for more entries – the next one to be posted Sunday evening from Bermuda, with pictures.

TTFN!