relaxing day at Sea

Yesterday we had a relaxing day at Sea. We all got up around 9:00 am, ate some breakfast and went to the pool. The sun was shining, the wind warm as the ship cruised from Naples, Italy to Dubrovnik Croatia. On the lido deck they had a hairy man contest which was hysterical. 3 woman of very different ages were the judges and as the men danced and strutted their stuff showing off their large volumes of chest/back hair the women had to feel the hair. We were laughing so hard. The pictures i just posted show all these people jammed into the pool area. In the end, a very deserving middle aged man won the contest. He looked like an ape so it was a good thing he won!

I had a massage and Kristin got a facial. Sarah was originally scheduled for a facial but she had met some people her age the night before and she met up with them again yesterday She spent the entire day hanging out with new friends, swimming, hot tubbing, eating and sun bathing. We didn't see her until dinner time!

Last night's dinner was the first formal night and we all dressed up. Lobster, duck and new york steaks were on the menu and it was quite good. We had high hopes to stay up for the broadway dance show last night but we were all exhausted and went to bed at 11:30 pm.

We gambled a bit before dinner and lost. Black jack was not our game last night. Mike and I played bingo in the afternoon and were so close to winning the $100 jackpots....but just when we were one ball away..someone would shout out BINGO dashing our dreams of winning. After gambling and before dinner we went to the captains cocktail party where we had appetizers and free drinks. Mike and Jake found that they like whiskey sours, Kristin thought the dacquiri's were fairly tasty and I enjoyed the champagne. Chocolate molten lava cake again for dessert.

It was definitely a good day of relaxation, people watching, good food and drink!

We hit Croatia today but I'm so tired I'll write about it in the morning.