Final Day at Sea

A stout in a Pilsner glass?  SHAME!!
I award you no points!

Well, a late night plus a time shift (lost an hour) resulted in sleeping in until 9 or 10.  So, by the time we got up, the morning was mostly gone.  We headed for coffee and treats (oh these coconut macaroons they have are amazing!).  Suddenly it was lunch time, and we hit the buffet which was featuring a seafood bonanza.  We headed down to the room and watched Mass on the computer, and suddenly it was 4:00, and about time to head to trivia.

I don't think this looks right?

Our friends from the cruise!  And some decimated canapes!

This was our last full day for trivia (as tomorrow some of our team will be ashore).  So, we pulled together and nailed a perfect fourth place!!  But we had planned a little party afterwards.  We can have canapes in our room any evening, but we never wanted or needed them.  But tonight, we invited the team and another couple friend over for drinks in our room.  Our Butler did a great job pulling everything together and brought the perfect amount of snacks (enough without too much waste), and a bottle of Champagne!  Capt B (a retired airline pilot from another airline across town) brought his bottle of Scotch so we had three bottles to share.  We had a nice little visit, and take credit for our social requirements for the month!!

We checked out the show (Crew Capers) and then headed to dinner.  Our Butler STRONGLY recommended the main restaurant, so we went there. 

Lobster Thermidor.  Fancy.

Baked Alaska (a Theresa favorite).

We sat next to a VERY interesting table with eight people.  Here is what we KNOW.  One man was wearing a crown.  All of the ladies had something in their hair (flowers, or some sort of head band).  At some point, the (apparent) king and queen, began handing out paper plates as awards.  We heard parts of this.

Yes, he had a crown!!
(it was scary taking a pic, 
since we didn't know his
"kingly" power!)

What we don’t know, but decided could be true:  They are a cult or a commune, or a group of extraterrestrial origin.    We’re thinking cult, but not taking away the possibility of aliens.  Every so many nights, they assess their progress at some objective which may be nefarious or innocuous (unclear) and the current King and Queen decide who wins which award.  Maybe these awards assure their safety or survival.  We’ll assume at the end of the cruise they sacrifice one couple off the boat, but this is only speculation.  We heard the “king” say, “this goes to the one who … our reputation on board” (it was loud, we had to fill in the blanks with known or unlikely fill in the blanks).  The plate he handed said “Queen of Crowns”.  After passing the paper plate, we later noticed her male associate (at this point, only absurd conclusions can be assumed) was wearing the crown.  We tried to hear more as the night went on, and Oh, how we wish we could hear tomorrow’s dinner and presentations.  But we do know we should not have multiple drinks and then sit next to an unusual group and speculate on their purpose in life.  (But we hope you enjoyed the story!)

After dinner, we headed to the show.  This was the first time Bill was done with the blog early enough so we went together, much to Theresa’s joy.  It was a Country Western theme, much to Bill’s chagrin.  But, we sat together and “enjoyed” the show!

Tomorrow…last stop!