7/26/2024 (Friday) Sailing The Bounding Main!
We have visited the Caribbean and now we travel across the ocean back to our starting point at Ft. Lauderdale. We visited the galley, watched a cooking performance and got our bags ready for transfer to the airplane.
We woke up early and eagerly sipped our coffee. Mary switched on Fox News to catch up on the latest events while I wrapped up yesterday's Daily Diary, which allowed me to relive the day!
While watching the daily cruise show, we learned about a galley tour, so we got gussied up and headed to the theater at 10:00 am to join in.
The cooking show was TERRIFIC. The head chef and the head of food and beverage services did the demo. It was funny, especially when the pasta flew directly in the air and landed all over the stage. We learned a few tricks along the way!
We entered the kitchen, and it was spotless!
They displayed 100 different potato dishes, each more interesting than the last!
Now we know there are at least two surgeons on board.
We had lunch at the trough and it was filled with Olympics cakes.
We dined in the Capri restaurant for lunch.
Thanks to Colleen we made our photo selections!
Dinner at the fish house was again quite impressive. The Catch is a six-star restaurant that has received outstanding help.
This evening, we celebrate Colleen's birthday and our anniversary at the Catch. The seafood restaurant is FIRST-CLASS, and the waitstaff is fantastic. Stephan drew the short straw and got us again, although he might call in sick once he saw the list of patrons this evening. I hope he's ready for our rowdy gang—we're bringing out all the dad jokes and embarrassing stories tonight!
On a serious note, we are a little afraid they will recognize Mark this evening. Mark was asked to leave the restaurant three days ago when he kept referring to the oysters as "Sea Boogers." I was also asked to leave because I laughed so hard that I fell out of my chair, spilled my champagne, passed gas (to the tune of Love Boat), and gave the old lady at the next table palpitations.
I asked Mark how he learned to call Oysters by that name. He said he and Colleen go to a discount seafood restaurant in their hometown and overheard the manager correcting an employee.
Colleen and Mark were surprised when a Birthday Cake came out, but we were in a hurry, so we had it sent to their room!!! Mary got roses for our anniversary!
After stuffing our faces at dinner, we waddled over to the production show, where the performers were putting on their last hurrah for this trip. Surprisingly, it was not terrible!
We then departed for the comic show and we had a miracle, Mark smiled.
Colleen and Mark presdented this picture to us.
We said bye to the kids and headed to our cabin for some last-minute packing. When we arrived, the kids had already put out our baggage, organized our papers, and otherwise cared for the old folks!
The trip's purpose was to get to know the kids, and we certainly accomplished that goal. It's nice to see two people so in love with each other. They are a loving couple who enjoy each other's company and laugh and giggle a lot like us.
We dash off the boat tomorrow and head home to see Aunt Irene and Scout the Wonder Dog.
