At Sea - Friday

It was windy and cloudy when we got up on Friday morning. This was our last day on the ship...a day to relax, drink and soak up the sun...in the comfort of the pool deck.

It was a nice quiet change from the hustle and bustle of visiting all the different ports. We managed to get 4 chairs together around noon and sat and vegitated.

The ocean swells were quite obvious and when walking we sometimes felt like we had had way too much to drink. The water level in the pool also went down a good 2 feet as everytime the ship would go up and down lots the water would crest over the side of the pools. The kids on board had a blast.

As a last day activity, the two "carvers" on the ship did a mini-competition. They were each given a 500 lb block of ice and 20 minutes to carve it.



One of them did a beautiful swan



The other a horse/stallion.



It was amazing.

I did a bit of wandering around the ship and took the majority of the ship pics.





I took these two pics of the view from our stateroom window to show how close to the water we really were.




We also had to pack. I had purchased a small tote from the ships store but it just didn't seem "secure" enough to make it through a plane ride or two.

I also took my gorgeous roses to the Concierge to say thank you. Doyle met me there and we talked to her for a little bit about what to do about our luggage. She asked if we had anything to take our new belongings home in and I told her about the tote. She said she would see what she could do for us...and within an hour we had a "new to us" suitcase.

We again had a great dinner. And again, were too tired to stay up afterwards to enjoy any of the late night festivities. When we got back to our room, we finished packing and placed our luggage outside the stateroom.