Friday, May 6, 2011

After dinner last night we went for our donation to the casino and then to the hydrotherapy pool.  We were the only ones in there so that was nice.  We didn't stay long and went back to the room to collapse. 

We have had several more time changes.  I believe there is now a 6 hour difference from Dallas.  Tomorrow we will have another time change at 2:00 pm and that will make it a 7 hour difference from Dallas.  I don't think we will have any more time changes.

Today is my birthday.  I already had gotten a card from my kids with a note about the additional shipboard credit they had given me for a spa service.  This morning Mary P also gave me a card from Craig and my mother.  These were both nice surprises.  Today we are invited to a Suite Luncheon in the Pinnacle Grill.  I am sure they planned it for my birthday!  Tonight we are going to Canelleto -- an Italian restaurant.  It is formal night tonight and you don't have to dress up as much to go there since it is located on the Lido Deck. 

We had room service for breakfast again this morning.  We decided to mark the order to receive it from 7:30-8:00 am. and you guessed it -- we got it at 7:20 am.  We also order water with our breakfast each morning and today, we got water -- 2 pots of hot water.  Not really sure what we were supposed to do with them since we hadn't ordered any tea to go with it and also no cups to put it in unless they thought we were going to add it to the pot of coffee that they gave us that was big enough to serve the whole ship. 

Around 10:00 am I had a call from the Concierge.  He said that he knew that I had the privacy sign on my door but could I please open it so he could bring me something from the Rosga's.  I got up and opened the door and there were balloons on the door and the Concierge was holding a plate of truffles that the Rosga's had sent me for my birthday.  The balloons were falling off the door so he brought them in the cabin and put them on our mirror.  This was a very nice surprise!

We went to the casino to make our daily deposit and they must have know it was my birthday because I made money today.  That was a nice change.  After that it was time for the Suite Luncheon.  It was very good.  We had mustard soup with salmon for our appetizer.  I had never seen this before and didn't know what to expect but it was really good.  For the main course we had Beef Tenderloin with Sweetbread.  It was good as well.  We were commenting on the Sweetbread and it didn't have the consistency of bread and finally decided that it was probably goose liver.  It wasn't bad.  I would have never tried it if it had said goose liver!

The Future Cruise Consultant had a presentation of the Top 10 Cruises that people are booking on this cruise.  A couple of them are mostly booked up for 2012.  I always enjoy going to these talks so I can hear where the favorite cruises go.

We went to Canelleto -- an Italian restaurant for dinner.  It was formal night tonight and you normally don't have to dress up as much going up there since it is located on the Lido Deck.  We had a nice dinner and they even brought a cake out to me and sang Happy Birthday to me.  As we got up from the table to rush off to the show, I heard a lady say to her husband "They aren't dressed up in formal wear"  Mary P said she heard her say before that comment "What's wrong with these people".  Well that didn't set very well with me.  I thought we all looked fine.  In fact if we hadn't been dressed properly, they would not have seated us for dinner. 

For the  entertainment tonight we got to enjoy the Unique Magic and Comedy of John Lenahan who has performed for audiences around the world, including Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee.  He was pretty funny.  In fact he had someone to come up on the stage to help him who on formal night was dressed in shorts and a hoodie sweatshirt.  I sure hope he didn't offend the woman from the restaurant! 

At 10:30 pm they are having the Officer's Black & White Ball in the Vista Lounge.   They are decorating everything in black and white and I am sure it will look nice.  They said they will be taking out a lot of the seating and putting in a dance floor.  I would like to have seen it but am too tired to wait up.  I think these time changes are getting to me.