The sun is not yet up and I can see the faint lights of another cruise ship off in the distance. As we head back to Miami, we've had two ships following along off to the port and starboard sides of the Eclipse. It's quite obvious, we are not the only passengers enjoying the last 48 hours of a cruise vacation.
One more lazy morning
Good morning sun
Thursday turned out to be more of an eating and sleeping day than I think either of us intended. Not a big rush for breakfast, so I had mine around 9 am. We popped into the shore excursion desk and found that the ship's tours of the Everglades and Miami (that would ultimately drop us at the airport), disembarks at 7:15. That's not exactly our idea of a relaxing morning and we've decided to enjoy a leisurely breakfast and disembark when we no longer have a choice in the matter. No rush for us, just an hours drive north up 95, and we will be home sweet home.
Good night moon
We had a nice chat with Gil Pool, the comedian who is running one of the enrichment series. Next up, we arrived late, so we missed the champagne toast for the honeymooners and folks celebrating their anniversaries and found out we would have won the bottle (33 years being the longest amount of time) if we had been there earlier. Not to worry, I have had more than enough of the bubbly stuff over the last 6 days. I was able to catch about an hour of the hot glass show and then our plans to eat at Bistro on 5 around noon worked out perfectly.
It appeared that the remainder of the afternoon, until about almost 3, we would both be napping. You know how you think you'll just lay down for a short rest....well that is certainly how it began, and then the next thing we knew, it was almost time for me to get ready for afternoon tea in the Tuscan Grill. I shared a table with another wife who left hubby behind, and 2 nice couples. Rog decided to opt out of tea and instead began to prepare for cocktail hour and our final formal night.
I attended another scrap booking session before finding my way to the Sky Lounge to join hubby for a quick pre-dinner drink. Our evening in Blu was once again a fantastic dining experience shared with a couple we met at sail away. The beauty of that loosely organized gathering allows us to meet a group of folks that we may or may not spend time with during the remainder of the cruise. As yet another cruise comes slowly to an end, we have so enjoyed meeting all of our fellow cruise enthusiasts and are pleasantly surprised to be sailing with quite a few who are first timers. What a way to begin experiencing the world of cruising, on board the Celebrity Eclipse!
As we settled in for the night, I glanced at the final day of listed activities trying to decide if I'd be repeating our eating and sleeping agenda....you just never know :)
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