At Sea

Another lazy Sunday at sea… The special Sunday Brunch Buffet in the main dining room is wonderful and then the rest of the day is usually spent napping and reading. They did do a preview of the DVD created from our trip to the Great Wall; the videographer onboard is great. The video is a combination of information given by the guides and then just wonderful shots of the places we visited backed by music.

On Thursday evening we went to a special cocktail party for those passengers that went on the Great Wall tour and spent about 20 minutes talking with the Captain. I was curious about the special plans they might have for when we go through the Gulf of Aden. What he could tell me was that he is going to be briefed by the Royal Navy when we are in Singapore and that all passengers will receive a briefing and participate in a drill. Ok… enough on that (I guess my old career isn’t really gone).

When we got back to the cabin that night the phone rang and it was a dinner invitation from the Captain for last night (Saturday). It was really a nice surprise because they don’t do the formal Captain’s Tables on Princess - the Captain actually asks whomever he wants for whatever night. Pretty cool!!! Anyway, we had a great dinner with Captain Kent and two other couples and now we feel really special.