Our day started late, as we were catching up on some long needed sleep. My back was causing me grief, making it hard for me to get my back into an erect position without pain. Luckily, a hot shower helped my muscles relax, and I was able to get showered and dressed without incident. Once I was up and moving, I was able to take a nice picture of the fog that enveloped our ship. At this point of our journey, having a balcony cabin doesn't mean that much. But it will mean a lot once we get into Alaska's inside passage.
After we were dressed, we got a call from room service asking us when we would like our deluxe balcony breakfast for two. It was a little early for us to think of it, but we said we wanted it tomorrow, as we would still be at sea, on our way to Alaska. We made it to the buffet for a late breakfast, and we both enjoyed sitting by the window and letting the waves roll by. About 30 minutes later, RQS went to a presentation while I went back into the cabin to edit my blogs. Around lunch time, we went back to the buffet for another bite to eat and to kill some time.
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On select cruises, Princess Cruises has a naturalist giving enrichment talks about places that the ship will visit on the cruise. This is the case with its Alaska cruises, and it's something all cruise lines doing Alaska itineraries should do. Shortly after lunch, we went to one of these presentations on Glaciers, and enjoyed the presentation.
Returning to the room after the presentation, we spotted some pineapples on a couple of doors on the way to our cabin. It's nice to know that there are still some people who have a certain spark of youth in them (whether or not they need a blue pill to ignite that spark.) With that being said, this was the first time I have seen pineapples affixed to cabin doors on a Princess Cruise.
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Around 7:00 pm, we went to Sabbatini's (an Italian specialty restaurant on the ship) for dinner. Without specialty dinner packages, this meal would cost us each $55. Since we paid the Princess Premier fare, we got 2 specialty meals as part of our fare. Although I knew I couldn't finish everything, I had soup, an appetizer (fried shrimp and calamari), a pasta course (spaghetti and a tasty meatball), a main course (veal osso bucco), and a dessert (zabaglione). Yum! At the table next to us was a nice couple from Texas with whom we started a conversation and closed down the place. At first, we were talking of our cruise history, and then it got to more serious topics while keeping things both civil and pleasant. We were all dancing around cultural/political identity, and made sure to talk about issues and not parties. In the end, it was a great conversation worth staying for, even though we missed out on the evening entertainment we planned to enjoy.
Who says you can't get serious and be pleasant?
