What a great first day on board, but we did make the mistake of arriving at the port too early and having to wait until 1130 to board.
We immediately met our old cruising friend, Heike, and I’m sure that she will do a brilliant job for the company and the passengers.
Sadly, I am a little under the weather this morning, something that happens to me occasionally due to a weakness my throat. a lovely young lady in the Emporium made me some honey, lemon and hot water.
I enjoyed a lovely crêpe with chocolate sauce and trimmings, yesterday lunchtime and we experienced the conservatory with and without its roof. I felt the temperature in there this morning was a little cool and I’ve made an enquiry to find out whether this is normal. I have no doubt that when the weather warms up in the next day or so the roof will be open and it will be very hot in there.
Last night we had a Marble Grill dinner, which was really good, although at the beginning I felt there was a desire to upsell the wine.
I am disappointed that they no longer provide my Moët champagne, but I had read about it on here so expected it to be the case.
There are only 400 passengers on board, but they expect from Miami onwards that the numbers will increase dramatically.
The crew are absolutely wonderful, being genuinely friendly and have a great desire to be helpful.
One thing I miss, being an early riser, is the ability to help myself to a coffee in one of the lounges, which would then allow me to use my computer without disturbing my wife. Possibly, I could use room service and ask them to bring it to the lounge.
My wife would like to know if we can order caviar with our champagne, so maybe one of you guys reading this can help us with this question?
Today we are going to rent electric bikes and will need to keep moving to keep warm as the weather is a little bit cool and grey.
Please ask any questions and I will do my best to go an answer to them.