Today we were in St Marten. I have been here several times before. The island is divided in 2 parts -- one side being Dutch and the other side French.
We didn't know what tour to sign up for so Terry got the Concierge to pick one for us. He signed us all up for an Art Tour. I thought what have we gotten ourselves in to. However, it turned out to be one of the best tours we have ever done. There were only 9 of us that signed up for the tour. We were on an air conditioned bus and we were able to spread out and have plenty of room. We went to 4 homes of different artists and 1 art gallery. All of the artists were there for us to meet except for one and he had passed away at the age of 59 I think they said 17 years ago. His daughter was there for us to meet. Along the way to the different places we also got a tour of the island. This was like a private tour and was just what we like.
Once back on the ship we immediately went to eat lunch. The choice for today was the Park Cafe in Central Park. They had where you could get a salad made to your liking and also grilled sandwiches. There weren't many places open at the time we got back on the ship and that is why we picked this place. I am glad we did because I hadn't yet eaten there. We were able to beat the rush. It filled up right after we got there.
I actually took a nap this afternoon. The sun really takes it out of you and it felt good to rest for a bit. It is probably a good thing that I did because we were up really late.
We were invited to a Sail Away Party out on the Helipad. This event was for Suite Guests only and there were several Officers there talking to us. We were also joined by Shrek. It was really hot out there. They served us drinks -- a choice of champagne or fruit punch. I opted for the punch. I noticed that the champagne was flowing freely and they only brought around refills for the punch once. That was fine because there really wasn't any place to set your glass down and I was so afraid i was going to break it or spill something.
Dress for dinner tonight was Smart Casual so we had to go back to the cabin to change clothes for dinner so we left the Sail Away a bit early. It felt good to get out of the sun anyway.
Dinner seems like it gets slower every day. I can't really figure it out. Our waiter has a helper and they only have 4 tables to wait on which doesn't seem like much compared to other ships I have been on. I guess if I was going to complain about anything on this ship it would be the slow service in the dining room but we have plenty of time so we just wait……….
Our show for tonight was the ice skating show. I always enjoy this show a lot. We got to sit on the front row and during the show one of the skaters came straight at me and I thought he was going to jump in my lap. It was really funny.
After the ice show we decided to go back and see Mo5aic again. I love the energy in their show. They were selling CD's and I would have liked to have had one but I didn't want to wait in line and they were probably expensive. They said that they had a free download on Facebook so I will check that out when I get home.
There was one more thing that we went to after Mo5aic. The Adult Quest Game Show. This is always fun to watch but I don't want to participate so we always sit towards the back. This is more of a young peoples game but there are some older people that make fools of themselves. For those of you not familiar with this game, they divide the group into teams. There were 8 teams this time. They have team captains (male and female) and a staff person in charge of each team. The Cruise Director tells each team to do certain things and they get judged based on how fast they do it. Several examples -- bring a set of false teeth; 6 belts all tied together; 6 bras; 2 people wearing the same pair of pants; 6 people forming a human ball and then rolling on the floor. When they asked for the false teeth, one man threw his down on the floor trying to get it to the team captain. I don't know about you all but if I had false teeth, the last place I would want it would be on the floor!
When this was over it was after midnight so we were ready for bed because it had been a long day. In fact it was hard to believe that we actually had been to port that day.
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