I did get off the ship for about 40 minutes just before noon time to take some photos. I wore a jacket but took it off as was such a nice warm day out in the sun.
Last Night:
We had pre-dinner cocktails in the Meridian Lounge again. Dinner in Compass Rose at 7:00 pm and again sat at one of Eka's tables. Joliza, head sommelier, said that Bermuda customs made them lock up some of their wine stores so our wine would not be available until we leave Bermuda. Not sure what that is about but she brought us another very nice California chardonnay to drink with dinner. Our special request appetizer, french fried soft shell crabs, were really good. All the food on board has been excellent and ALWAYS served hot! Once again, I have included some photos of our dinner selections.
No guest entertainment or production show after dinner. Instead there was "Dance Under the Chandeliers" in the atrium. Not my cup of tea so we retired to our suite.
Today:
Usual routine this morning. Room service breakfast then off to the gym. On Sundays they serve champagne and caviar in Compass Rose and up in La Veranda during breakfast hours. I usually go for the caviar but not today. After getting cleaned up, I went out to take some photos of the port area. The weather was fantastic! Big change from yesterday's nasty day. Very quiet Sunday morning in port. Very small mall was opened at 11:00 am. Nothing I needed there.
Back on the ship just in time for lunch up in La Veranda. They had "burger heaven" going on at pool grill today. A local Catholic priest came on board and held a Palm Sunday Mass at 11:00. After lunch I took some photos up on the topside outer decks for you.
At 2:00 we pulled away from the dock and are now heading for Funchal on the island of Madeira. So now we will have 5 1/2 days at sea to cover the 2400 nautical miles at a speed of 18 knots to reach it. Captain Stan said we should be having nice sailing weather for the next 3 days anyway. The water around the island of Bermuda is such a beautiful aqua/turquoise blue. Not sure my photos will adequately show it. It is a really beautiful sail out today. We are sailing north up the west side of the island to get around the island on northern side. Good bye land for a few days!!
I believe we are going up to Sette Mari, Italian restaurant, for dinner this evening. Our cruise director, John Barron, will be featured in the theater for night's show at 9:30. Don't want to miss that.
Ok, here is the link to last night's and today's photos. Cut and paste it to browser. After open, click on first photo to enlarge it and then you can see my captions. Arrow through rest of the 62 photos.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/eoLdQqyFtcs78f5h1
