Tuesday, September 22, 2015

'Til We Meet Again

Cruise - Day 7, September 4

It was our last day onboard and it was a sailing day. We did sleep in as best we could. We got up and went to brunch at the crack of noon. This time they sat us by the window with some other people. We really enjoyed our conversation as well as our food. We exchanged thoughts about our excursions and time onshore and got lots of ideas for next time.

After brunch, Robin decided it was time for another free seminar. We chose to go to the Spa area and listen to a talk about walking in comfort. It turned out to be informative, but in the end, it was promoting Good Feet. We were amazed though about how balanced the Good Feet inserts kept your body in alignment. We stayed after the seminar to talk with the instructors further. We walked away with 2 sets of Good Feet inserts in our shoes and happy to have them. Now, before thinking we are easy pushovers, the 2 seminars we went to on our cruise dealt with health issues. We decided it was better to try something to help our health than to buy frivolous stuff. However Dean said no more free seminars for us. He couldn't afford them.

When we were finished and all "balanced," we headed to the Chocolate Extravaganza on Deck 9. It was delightful! There were so many chocolate options to choose from, especially the chocolate fondue. 
Once we reached our chocolate overload, we headed back to the cabin and started packing our things. We had chosen relaxed debarkation for the morning which meant we didn't need to carry our luggage off with us. We could relax onboard a little longer before having to leave. Our luggage had to be packed and outside our cabin between 6:00 and 11:00 pm. For us, that meant we had to be packed except for what we would carry before we went to dinner.

All packed, we put our luggage outside our door and headed to the first comedy show of the evening before dinner. Jennifer met up with us there. The comedy was great, but we were getting hungry. 

We went straight to dinner and found only Heath...no "newbies" and no Bradford and Karen. We could understand the "newbies" being scared off and never wanting to return. However, we were disappointed Bradford and Karen were not there to say goodbye.

Dinner was delicious but bittersweet. We did not want to leave our servers. They were wonderful and became friends. 

Jennifer decided to hang out with us for the rest of the evening. We went with her so she could have one last opportunity to take photos with the professional photographers. She got into it with one of the photographers who wanted to position her in a very unnatural stance. She won when he finally just gave up. She was quite the character.
















We went to the remaining 2 comedy shows and ended up at the piano bar. We listened to music and then sadly said our goodbyes to our new friends. Hopefully, we will stay in touch and maybe meet up on another cruise.

Quietly, we walked back to our cabin and were greeted by a towel heart. We knew our cruise was coming to an end and we weren't ready for it to stop.