Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Cruise and Travel Director Kimberly warned the audience prior to the show that because today is election day in that no alcohol would be sold to anyone today in San Juan, including cruise passengers who might want a drink with their meal on shore. Since there are people who use a shore day to try a local restaurant for its food and adult beverages, this news was not a welcome one.
She did say that the ship was not affected by the law and that the Zuiderdam bars would be open during normal hours.
Speaking of the election, people have been very civil during this cruise if the discussion turned to the topic. I have only been aware of a couple of times that conversations got heated. It’s been interesting to note that the passengers who seem to bring up the topic have been, for the most part, Canadian.
It was already raining when I went to get coffee so I knew it would be another ship day. If you haven’t guessed already, we really love ship days.
We skipped breakfast and went to the gym.
After lunch, we spent the afternoon reading on the balcony. Again, we were fortunate that the rain did not blow in.
We started the evening in the Billboard bar talking with our Las Vegas friends. They walked around Old San Juan. Said they had difficulty with the cobble stones but did enjoy the Fort.
After some time in the Casino, we met up with our friends from Texas and had dinner in the Canaletto. We thoroughly enjoyed the conversation. Chuck had the Ossobuco, and I had the shrimp and clams in spaghetti. We split the gelato again. Excellent meal and service.
We decided not to go to the second show of the saxophonist but instead stayed for all three sets of the Rolling Stone Lounge band before calling it a night.
Today was our last port. We now have 3 sea days in a row as we make our way back to Boston.
Photos of previous visits to San Juan:
