Sunday, October 20, 2024
Found this wonderful note on our bed last night. 😒
Once I finally roused myself up, I was ready for some coffee and a muffin. I was glad to see that the Pinnacle Bar was still serving specialty coffee in the mornings like they did in August. The line for specialty coffee is always shorter here than in the Crow’s Nest. Of course, regular coffee is available 24/7 in the Lido for free.
The morning consisted of a couple of chores – preparing the laundry to send out and getting the snorkel equipment ready to use for tomorrow in Bermuda.
For lunch, we went to the Lido. I went to the special section of “Farewell to Canada.” Since the Zuiderdam had finished its New England / Canada itineraries for 2024 and would be transitioning to Florida in November, they were serving food that is commonly found in Canada as a last hurrah.
The Lido creates these “special sections” at lunch periodically. You just have to watch for them in your daily program. I had the mussels and some blueberry cheesecake. I skipped the poutine. Chuck skipped the whole section and grabbed some sliders.
After lunch, I went to the Cruise Critic meet and greet and Chuck went to play cards. There was a good crowd at the meeting, and it was well organized by some fellow passengers. They even provided door prizes (I didn’t win anything). It was held in the Crow’s Nest. Nice way to put some faces with names that you have seen online for the last few months.
There is a large group of single and solo passengers on this cruise, and they were busy planning excursions, activities, and dinners together after the meeting ended. No reason to be alone even if you’re cruising by yourself.
I then went to the Cruise Director’s talk about Bermuda. She indicated the weather could be very breezy with the possibility of rain. Guess our Plan B will be to tour the town of Hamilton if our snorkeling excursion gets cancelled.
We decided to eat dinner in the main dining room. We were seated with two other couples – one from Florida and the other from Australia. Interesting conversation. I had the chili rellenos and Chuck had the jerk chicken. The service was very slow though and we did not leave the restaurant until 8:30.
We had just enough time to get to the 9:00 show on the World Stage. The performer name was Paul Stepian and his show was called “Music Through the Ages.” He was a flutist from Poland and was a finalist in their national “Poland’s Got Talent” competition. He played a variety of songs and also talked about growing up in Poland. He seemed to especially love theme songs from American movies. We thoroughly enjoyed his show.
I was ready to call it a night. Chuck went to play some more cards. I was surprised to find that the laundry had already been returned.
Tomorrow: Bermuda
