Another sea day in which nothing much happens

They set the clocks back an hour, so we were able to sleep in a bit, which was good, since the ship kept hitting speed bumps every few minutes. Another nice breakfast at Sabbattini’s and another line dance class for me. Again, I caught the back half of the class, which included a review of Rockin Robin. We then wandered around the upper decks for a while since the Promenade was closed. Much of the upper deck was too.

Once again, we did lunch in the dining and met some nice couples, including Johnny and Lexie who also dance. We’d see them later in the Wheelhouse.

Following lunch we walked around the promenade deck, although because of gale force winds and rough seas, we were unable to go to the top. We also danced a little during our various walks.

After that we decided (OK, I decided) we’d go to the Cha Cha liesson. The instructor Phillipe is very nice, and very helpful, but in our opinion, give us 30 minutes with him and we could teach him a couple of things (like what the frame is, not open handed with wiggling arms) so that he could release beginning dancers on the world not bad dancers. It was a good chance for us to practice.

Following that, we went to the Patassierie, and on the way over we met up with Janet C. one of our facebook buddies. We spent a nice hour chatting with her, and I did promise here I’d meet up with her for trivia later in the cruise.

The weather was still bad, and at one point there was a pretty big movement – enough that we wondered if we’d hit something. (Not really since there isn’t anything out here to hit). However, it did cause a problem with the television management system, since it rebooted. Yes, our television showed the reboot of a Windows system. If I can get the picture I took of our tv displaying a windows boot, off my phone, I’ll post it.

Tonight, the wheelhouse band was playing at 6pm, and it was formal night, so we got ready early. At about 5:15 we went to the Elite lounge in Skywalkers. We watched the sunset from the top of the ship, and chatted with some other people.

Just after 6, we headed down to the Wheelhouse and danced until the band left at about 6:50. The captain’s welcome party was going on in the atrium, and they were supposed to have the champagne waterfall, but because of the sea and wind, they’ll have it at a later formal night. The Explorers band was playing so we danced a waltz to them.

We were the first to arrive at dinner, but all our tablemates arrived soon after, and once again Natalie and her assistant Joseph took good care of us. One of our tablemates, Grace was somewhat seasick, so they brought her apples and crackers. Hopefully she’ll be well enough to join us tomorrow.

As we were leaving dinner, Glen suggested maybe we could go to the Sterling Steakhouse tomorrow. I said lets wait for a menu I hate, and see if we get into the chefs table. Natalie heard that, and said that we were on the list and going. She sid it would be on the way back from Hawaii and would be amazing. (Not sure where she gets her info from, but OK).

Since we’d danced before dinner, we decided to get to bed early, but take a short walk upstairs. It was still windy, so we had to walk towards the back. The Jumbotron was showing The Three Musketeers, so we ended up watching that. It was a fun movie, and set itself up for a sequel.

After that we went back to the room and to bed.