Today is our next to the last day on board. Once again we have blue skies and it’s
pretty hot and humid. Today is
Veterans’ Day. To the British on the ship it’s called Remembrance Day. I can’t remember if I mentioned earlier
on that the British are the majority on the Quest. Anyway, there was a very nice service in the Grand Salon
with some prayers and a couple of hymns, including Amazing Grace which always makes
me cry. At precisely 11 AM the
ship’s horn sounded to begin a minute of silence. The whole thing was very nicely done.
At 11:15 we had to meet in Club 5, the Trivia venue, to
prepare for our Fancy Dress (meaning costumes) session of Trivia. As our team name this round is “The
Eggheads” we wore sheets and chef’s hats with Eggheads written on them. We were each a different kind of
egg. We didn’t win the costume
competition which didn’t surprise me.
Some of the teams had really elaborate get-ups. We played a short round
of trivia afterwards and we’ll get our scores tomorrow. (No pictures at the moment. The ones we took are so dreadful I can't bring myself to post them. perhaps one of our teammates will send me a better one.)
We decided that this afternoon we wouldn’t do anything
planned at all. We spent a little
time catching up on e-mails and the blog.
We sat on the balcony for awhile and we played a couple of games of
Scrabble. I think we’re about even
at this point.
Tonight was a formal night and we got all dressed up
again. I’m getting pretty good at tying
Al’s bowtie! We met our friends up
in the Observation Bar and after a drink or two decided to go down to
dinner. The senior member of the
group, a long time Seabourn cruiser who knows every officer on the ship, had
the head bar steward call down to the dining room to ask about a table for
six. A few moments later the
Maitre d’ called back to say there was a long wait because everyone seemed to
come at the same time and wanted larger tables. So we changed plans and went to the Colonnade and ate
outside. It was a lovely night
with nearly a half moon, lots of stars and just a faint breeze so it wasn’t too
hot. It was our first time eating
there at night and it was very nice.
There were lots of LED candles on the table and you are served from an a
la carte menu, not a buffet.
Another couple we’ve become friends with were already there so we eight
dined together. After a nice meal,
good wine and good conversation we did something we rarely do. We went to the show. Tonight there was a British comedian
who was quite funny. We enjoyed it
and then decided to turn in. We
lose an hour of sleep tonight.
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