Tuesday April 1
Today is our first day at sea, and gives us a chance to settle in to the variety of things the ship has to offer. Let's start with everybody's favourite, FOOD! The best part is you don't have to shop for it, prepare it or cook it, you just have to turnip (pardon the pun). Whether it's breakfast, lunch or dinner you have the choice of the full sit down, pick from a (printed) menu, linen tablecloths and napkins, nice crockery, cutlery etc and be waited on, or go to the buffet and help yourself. A lot of guests certainly do that, as well as all the time in between the main meals! We're trying to resist over indulging, but the choc chip cookies keep telling us we can have one as we're using the stairs as much as possible so we continue to fit into our clothes!
Secondly is the entertainment. We rate Holland America very highly in this area, as their singers and dancers are excellent and put on fantastic shows. They also bring in outside entertainers, and so far we've seen the MacDonald Brothers from Scotland (they came 4th in the UK X Factor show), Anthony Stuart Lloyd, a Welsh opera singer who has starred in London's West End and has a magnificent voice, a couple of fantastic dancers who have won world championships in dance contests, and Cheryl Sinclair, a ringer for Whitney & excellent.
Thirdly is the range of things to do, whether it's lying around the pool, attending lectures and workshops on a wide spectrum of topics, art auctions, trivia quizes, working out in the gym, relaxing in the spa, reading a book, movies, chatting to other guests, sleeping , writing blogs, catching up on the laundry etc etc, the list goes on and on! Needless to say we love cruising :)
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