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December 18, 2015

This is the last formal night, and the last day at sea, and my last talk, and perhaps the last blog.  Tomorrow is Princess Cay, the cruise line’s private island.  We will take our Coppertone Ultra Guard Broad Spectrum SPF 70 and go ashore for an hour or so, have lunch on the beach and splash in the water.  Then back on board to pack and get ready for disembarkation.

These ships get more and more electronic.  Today I found a machine that prints out a copy of your bill, so you don’t have to stand in line at Passenger Services to get it.  A pleasant surprise awaited when I found that my $29 coffee card was discounted $17.40, and our $2 cokes are discounted $1.20.  They never tell us these things.  Next time I will print earlier and see what is up.  After all the aggravation getting to our room on the first day, Princess is doing right by us.  And we are glad.

We went to several musical productions tonight – the production show by the ship’s singers and dancers, a musical set by a 50s band, and an tango night featuring songs from Argentina.  Yours truly was nodding off during the tangos, so we came back to our cabin for a couple of snacks, drinks, and bedtime.  Exciting we are!

Tonight for supper Bonnie had tomato bisque soup, bib lettuce salad and short ribs.  I had escargot (I wanted snails, but they were all out), a crab and scallop salad with caviar, and lobster tail with giant prawns.  We chose a table for two with one of our favorite waiters, an older gentleman named Jose (who can see).  We went to the Gelato stand for dessert where Bonnie had a banana split and I had a brownie blast.

A man at the table beside us was evidently hungry tonight.  He ordered two plates of escargot, beef wellington, and lobster tail.  His wife (and neither of them are large people) had two lobster tails.  That’s a lot of groceries!

Bonnie did not go to see Jurassic World for the third time, instead she spent the evening with me.  I wanted her to go, so the dancing girls could stop by 71018, but she saw through my plan.

And now to bed.  If there’s no blog up tomorrow, we’ll text you from Fort Lauderdale on Sunday.

TTFN