This was an interesting morning. Last night I was reading the Passages (ship's newsletter) for today. It said that we would be putting our clock's forward one hour tonight. I'll blame it on jet lag, but I thought that was for last night and so dutifully moved my watch forward. I thought it was odd that neither the wait staff nor our room steward mentioned it, but this is a new cruise line to us so what do I know. We woke up at 8:00 am and hustled around to make it to the main dining room (Compass Rose) in time for the weekly champagne and caviar breakfast. When we arrived at the restaurant we were a little confused that no one was there. The waiter was even more confused when we asked if we were too late for breakfast since they weren't set to open for 10 more minutes. Then the lightbulb went off in my head. So we had a lovely coffee at the Coffee Connection, completely ignoring the beautiful pastries calling to us, and went for breakfast a bit later. The caviar was worth it and even Michael said he liked having breakfast in the dining room. This is a surprise since he always wants to eat in the buffet. We walked through the buffet afterwards just to check it out and found it a little busy so I think we'll be breaking fast in the dining room from now on. Yay.
Today was a stop at a small Bahamian island owned by NCL - the parent company of Regent, Oceania and Norwegian Cruises. They've got a bar, some activities available, a dining facility, a small handicrafts market and oodles of beach loungers on a lovely beach. No sooner did we find our spot in the shade when a waiter came up offering pina coladas or champagne. After a while we went into the water, which wasn't quite as warm as I expected, but wonderful nonetheless. We spent the time floating and talking with Steve and Dora from dinner last night. Regent put on a big BBQ spread at the dining facility, bringing all the food over from the ship. We debated whether to eat there or take the tender back to the ship for lunch. Michael said he really wanted a caesar salad with anchovies and I said he probably couldn't get that on the island, but let's just check it out and then decide. Lo and behold they had all the makings for a caesar salad including a bowl of anchovies and their fabulous dressing, which I think is equal to mine. I didn't bring my phone, not thinking I might want to take pictures. I wish I had so I could take a photo of the wheelchairs with huge sand tires. We didn't see anyone using them, but I bet they did the job. The last tender left at 2:30 so we didn't linger too long after lunch. Back on board I spent some time reading by the pool and Michael went to the gym and then took a nap. A very tough day.
We ate in the Compass Rose with John and Marjorie from the Phoenix area. Dinner was excellent and we had another good time. The ship is showing the Academy Awards show in the main theatre, but having no interest, we returned to the cabin for a little TV and reading. Tomorrow is a sea day and tonight (I have it on good authority) we set our clocks forward an hour.
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