{"id":145,"date":"2008-01-20T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/western-caribbean-cruise\/monday-11408-at-sea\/"},"modified":"2012-08-21T09:26:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T15:26:40","slug":"monday-11408-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/western-caribbean-cruise\/monday-11408-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Day at Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday was our first full day at sea, on the way to Grand Cayman. We got up at 9:30, sat on the balcony watching the Disney ship racing us, then had breakfast. After that, it was time for Arts & Crafts class. Beautiful necklaces!<\/p>\n

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\nactually, i made an anklet. <\/em><\/p>\n

After making ourselves some gorgeous jewelry, we went to go sit on deck in the sun and read. We had cocktails and chillaxed. Matt read his book upside down.<\/p>\n

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Around 2pm, we headed to the restaurant for Wendy’s favorite lunch ever: Mexican buffet!<\/p>\n

Full of tacos and carrying drinks, we went to the disco for Italian lessons. They taught us the basics like ‘buon giorno’ and ‘buona sera, comandante!’ We also learned to count, which came in useful in the elevators, where every floor was announced in Italian. Our cabin was on ponte sei.<\/p>\n

Completely exhausted from class (ha), we went to have meat locker time from 3-4:30. Then it was time for SuperQuiz!<\/p>\n

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We lost to the Germans, dammit.<\/p>\n

We hung out in the card room playing canasta and hearts, and then it was time to go get ready for formal night, or as Wendy calls it, Fancypants Dinner. We found this guy in our room, wearing Matt’s sunglasses:<\/p>\n

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We headed to dinner, where there was another bottle of champagne awaiting us. I don’t remember what we ate at all, but I know it was fantastic; Wendy and I thought the food in the dining room was good but not spectacular last time, but it had definitely improved. Their risotto was incredible.<\/p>\n

We decided to keep our fancy pants on (or dress, in my case) for a bit and go to the bar. We met Pete, and Cindi tried to get him to teach us to swear in Italian, since obviously we already knew how to say everything else. He pointed out the captain, sitting right behind us, and told us to come back later and he would. Pete ruled. He also told us that the ship did indeed have a brig, but generally only staff ended up there. I want to know more.<\/p>\n

We went to our cabins to change back to normal clothes, then went to the Dionisio Lounge on deck 3. We were telling the bartender about how we learned Italian earlier, and Wendy started counting out loud. Instead of ‘nove’, she yelled ‘NINER!’ He started giggling hysterically, and thereafter became known as Niner. He told us, “you guys must be a lot of fun at the bar!”<\/p>\n

Cindi decided she needed to drink Disaronno on the rocks (thereby earning her <\/em>a new nickname as well), and became very chatty with a German couple at the bar. We overheard her saying, “Cindi is a pretty American name!” She was on a roll, and I have a napkin scribbled full of her quotes.<\/p>\n

We went back to the cabin around 12:30, entertained ourselves in various ways, and then passed out. We had a date with stingrays in the morning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday was our first full day at sea, on the way to Grand Cayman. We got up at 9:30, sat on the balcony watching the Disney ship racing us, then had breakfast. After that, it was time for Arts & Crafts class. Beautiful necklaces! actually, i made an anklet. 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