Mon. Nov. 14th Arabian Sea
By Jain
Today is our 3rd sea day in a row. Besides keeping busy watching out for pirates and the supermoon, these sea days seem to go by quickly. There are a lot of "exciting" shipboard activities to keep us busy. Yesterday we went on a VIP behind the scene ships tour. Jay was interested in seeing the bridge, engines and all that mechnical stuff but all we really got is to see the laundry, butcher shop, freezers and kitchens. Wow...there are sure a lot of dirty towels. The laundry crew gets my vote for the hardest working staff on the ship.
We got to walk staff corridors and elevators and stroll along what is called the I- 95 corridor. The I-95 hallway gets its name from the freeway in Florida where Norwegian Cruise Lines is based. It goes the length of the ship from bow to stern, 1,000 feet in length. It is how the crew reports to work in their stations throughout the ship without using public spaces. It sure beats the way we have to go to find our cabin. We were disappointed that we did not get to see any of the crew cabins but from all reports they are tiny 12 x12 and most spaces house 4 crew members!
We played Name that Tune contest. We formed a team with some people from Mexico and Ohio who were a riot. We actually did pretty darn good at guessing. Then we attended the Ice Carving Demonstration poolside. This was fascinating and since it is 85 degrees outside, the real challenge is to see if he could finish the mermaid before it melted into the pool. This morning we accidentally wandered into the cake decorating battle between cruise director Marc and our friend Barbara from New York. It was interesting, loud, and funny, and I would say that pretty well describes Barbara.
We skipped the Tag Heuer Presentation on boutique sport watches. This hour long lecture explained the finer points of the innovation, performance and precision of this pricey sport watch. We decided our Walmart Timex watches were just fine and still ticking.
Last night, after seeing the tribute to Burt Bacharach show we wandered into the Spinnaker lounge for a nightcap and were talked into playing Deal or no Deal game. This is where we had a chance to win cash and prizes. For a mere $20.00 we had the time of our lives (just kidding of course); no cash or prizes for us. Other activities we passed on were the Art auctions, Bingo, trivia, bridge play, Relieving Back Pain Lecture and the Look 10 years Younger Demonstration. So much to do and so little time.
Of course every day we faithfully go to the gym and get on that treadmill. Sea days tend to be crowded because 1) there is nothing else to do and 2) people probably feel guilty about how much they are eating. But it is obvious just looking at some people's attire they are not gym regulars. There were some men dressed in slacks, sweater vests, and wearing black shoes, lifting weights and on the treadmill. A couple of men preferred to take a more casual approach. One wore his pajamas, one wore just a bathrobe; the one that is provided to guests in their cabin.
Women were just as much a sight making their own fashion mark, some in their mumus or beach cover ups. One lady was wearing a mini skirt going like crazy on the elliptical machine, I have never seen anyone exercise in a mini skirt. But the topper was the lady exercising in her black bra, not a sports bra but a black lacy bra and shorts and to complete the outfit she had a scarf around her neck, probably to give her outfit a sporty look. Ah.. but who cares they are there and they are exercising.
The casino this afternoon was my best friend; making up for the past couple of days. Ship casinos are only open when the ship is out to sea. Thank God.
Tomorrow is another sea day, then the following morning we land in Salalah, Oman. We have just received our Freestyle daily flyer, thrilled to see tomorrow's activities include a Sudoku challenge, basic cha cha class, more bingo and karaoke madness. Sounds like it might be a good day poolside.
We are reminded to turn our clocks ahead an hour tonight, keep the curtains closed and lights out. We are officially in the Arabian Sea passing through the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia and hopefully traveling safely through the troubled waters.
Goodnight
By Jain
Today is our 3rd sea day in a row. Besides keeping busy watching out for pirates and the supermoon, these sea days seem to go by quickly. There are a lot of "exciting" shipboard activities to keep us busy. Yesterday we went on a VIP behind the scene ships tour. Jay was interested in seeing the bridge, engines and all that mechnical stuff but all we really got is to see the laundry, butcher shop, freezers and kitchens. Wow...there are sure a lot of dirty towels. The laundry crew gets my vote for the hardest working staff on the ship.
We got to walk staff corridors and elevators and stroll along what is called the I- 95 corridor. The I-95 hallway gets its name from the freeway in Florida where Norwegian Cruise Lines is based. It goes the length of the ship from bow to stern, 1,000 feet in length. It is how the crew reports to work in their stations throughout the ship without using public spaces. It sure beats the way we have to go to find our cabin. We were disappointed that we did not get to see any of the crew cabins but from all reports they are tiny 12 x12 and most spaces house 4 crew members!
We played Name that Tune contest. We formed a team with some people from Mexico and Ohio who were a riot. We actually did pretty darn good at guessing. Then we attended the Ice Carving Demonstration poolside. This was fascinating and since it is 85 degrees outside, the real challenge is to see if he could finish the mermaid before it melted into the pool. This morning we accidentally wandered into the cake decorating battle between cruise director Marc and our friend Barbara from New York. It was interesting, loud, and funny, and I would say that pretty well describes Barbara.
We skipped the Tag Heuer Presentation on boutique sport watches. This hour long lecture explained the finer points of the innovation, performance and precision of this pricey sport watch. We decided our Walmart Timex watches were just fine and still ticking.
Last night, after seeing the tribute to Burt Bacharach show we wandered into the Spinnaker lounge for a nightcap and were talked into playing Deal or no Deal game. This is where we had a chance to win cash and prizes. For a mere $20.00 we had the time of our lives (just kidding of course); no cash or prizes for us. Other activities we passed on were the Art auctions, Bingo, trivia, bridge play, Relieving Back Pain Lecture and the Look 10 years Younger Demonstration. So much to do and so little time.
Of course every day we faithfully go to the gym and get on that treadmill. Sea days tend to be crowded because 1) there is nothing else to do and 2) people probably feel guilty about how much they are eating. But it is obvious just looking at some people's attire they are not gym regulars. There were some men dressed in slacks, sweater vests, and wearing black shoes, lifting weights and on the treadmill. A couple of men preferred to take a more casual approach. One wore his pajamas, one wore just a bathrobe; the one that is provided to guests in their cabin.
Women were just as much a sight making their own fashion mark, some in their mumus or beach cover ups. One lady was wearing a mini skirt going like crazy on the elliptical machine, I have never seen anyone exercise in a mini skirt. But the topper was the lady exercising in her black bra, not a sports bra but a black lacy bra and shorts and to complete the outfit she had a scarf around her neck, probably to give her outfit a sporty look. Ah.. but who cares they are there and they are exercising.
The casino this afternoon was my best friend; making up for the past couple of days. Ship casinos are only open when the ship is out to sea. Thank God.
Tomorrow is another sea day, then the following morning we land in Salalah, Oman. We have just received our Freestyle daily flyer, thrilled to see tomorrow's activities include a Sudoku challenge, basic cha cha class, more bingo and karaoke madness. Sounds like it might be a good day poolside.
We are reminded to turn our clocks ahead an hour tonight, keep the curtains closed and lights out. We are officially in the Arabian Sea passing through the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia and hopefully traveling safely through the troubled waters.
Goodnight
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