What an evening!!! We had a wonderful drinks party in Harvey & Barbra’s stateroom with food partly provided by the ship as well as some cheese and salami that I bought in BA. I doubt that I, or any of us have laughed so much for a long time.
One of the butts of the jokes was my penguin and his bear friend. I have no idea why these two young friends should be the cause of such mirth. Although being in close proximity for nearly 19 days may have established an unhealthy relationship between them, I am sure some therapy when they get home will straighten them out again.
Here we all are, before dinner.
Then we retired to the Polo steakhouse for a dinner which was even more entertaining and amusing than the pre-dinner drinks. The laugh levels reached close to incontinence and we had what I think for everyone was a really great time. I have been SO lucky with the friends that I have made on this cruise and I really do think that they will not just be fleeting acquaintances. I am so grateful that they included me on their activities and it has certainly made the trip eternally memorable.
Here we are at dinner.
It was, without doubt, a night to remember.
Tonight, the ship has focused on the SuperBowl. I have tuned in to it briefly in my room. Fortunately there are commentators who are much better players than those on the field and for me, the best player is the guy in the black and white striped shirt who has lovely arm movements. After watching the rugby the other day, I can see the difference between the two sports. Someone has just been penalized for ‘unnecessary roughness’, I do hope he wasn’t also rude to the other player and didn’t have bad breath too. I am expecting someone to be sent off for inadequate deodorant or badly adjusted clothing before the game is over.
Tomorrow we arrive in Santos and our first brush, on this trip with Brazil.
Wow - nice to read all these updates, and great pictures. Will read more carefully tonight - got to get to the car before the meter maids do. Lovely sunset, and nice to see the pictures of the ship, and of all of you. You should have brought the Bananagrams! Perhaps Homer and Penguino should have a proper breakfast at the table before the cruise is through. Better start chanting 'brrr' three times a day.....
ReplyDeleteI believe they wear helmets, too... English footballers (as opposed to American ones), are of course, also prone to off-the-field indiscretions: your trip away has coincided with the Captain Chav furore, in which a well-known centre-back merely did as he was ordered and filled the hole left by one of his team-mates. Curiously, his Italian coach - reportedly a friend of Uncle Silvio - took a dim view of it and poor John Terry isn't going to be World Cup Willie this year.
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