St Maartin - Relaxing Day On Board

The ship's thrusters wake us up.  We must be docking.  Wow did we ever sleep well.

I am determined to get up and get dressed and get to breakfast this morning.

Breakfast of champions! 

I had forgot to mention that we got a call from the traditional dining room the other day.  They wanted to know if everything was okay as we had not been to dinner there.  I told him we never do traditional and not sure why we are at a table there and to top it, we are at the early seating.  I do glace at our cards and see that yup we are early seating (5:45) in the Palm Dining Room.  Had not even noticed and the other two sailings had been anytime so not sure how that happened.

Another reason to skip the dining room is this great World Fresh Marketplace.

But to tell you the truth this entire sailing we have not even dined in the dining room for supper as there are just to many great options elsewhere.

We are not sure what we want to do today.  Personally we are not huge fans of St. Maartin after a bad experience here many years ago.  I know we should give it another try but today will probably not be that day.  We also are still tired of the extreme heat that we are just not use to.  

Instead we relax on board visiting with friends.  Attending events and activities on board.  Watching a movie, writing, and lots of reading.  

Rather boring to write about and even read for many of you but that is just what we did.

I did enjoy playing the ring toss in the Atrium - something I have never done, and it showed.

They are still doing work on the Promenade deck aft for the Ocean Medallion stations.  

Drinks to start out the evening

Tonight is the Most Travelled Guest Party at 7:30 in Skywalkers.  We are honoured to be included again.

I really enjoy the party and I love being able to order whatever drink I want and the food is phenomenal.  Below is an Ox tail mini burger and beside that is a phylo encrusted prawn.

There were many other items but did not get any pictures.  The bar staff were very attentive making sure our drinks were always replenished.

Check out this dessert a B52 with mini donut.  Yummy.

Steve and Elkie join us for conversation and it will be so hard to say goodbye to them in a few days.

After the party we really are not that hungry after all those nibbles.  

We head to the shops to see the great staff there.  Natalia is quick to come and give us a hug.  We need to get to Argentina to see her.

We walk past Explorers and they are all set up for the Liar's Club.  Check out the stage props for the show -- very well done.

All in all it was a great day for us.  Total relaxation and lots of kindness.