So we left off at Palo Brunch, I had a tequila tasting that afternoon, plus there was a Final Bingo game. My tequila tasting got out just in time for the Bingo game, but because it was the final Bingo, you had to arrive early to buy your Bingo pad and secure a seat. So I sent Fran off to secure us a seat while I went to the tasting.
I decided that on future cruises, I will stay away from the Wine tastings and lean more towards the cocktails only because I am already pretty set in my ways regarding wines and Im not so interested in tasting a lot of wines that someone else chooses for me. On the other hand, Im really interested in all the different things that can be done with Tequila, Martinis, Mojitos and other beverages that I think those would be much more fun as I have a much more open mind when it comes to spirits.
Here is our selection of tequilas, the first was a silver Patron, the second was an Anejo, they had salt and lime on hand to compliment the tequilas.
The third was a coffee flavored tequila, it was quite good, here is our host with the bottle. I tried repeatedly to take a picture of him, but he would not stand still long enough for me to catch a picture of him that wasnt blurry. I finally reverted to using the flash.
We ended with a traditional margarita and a mango margarita. After the tasting I rushed out to the Bingo game. Fran had been able to save me a chair, but we didnt get a table. Evidently as soon as she pulled up her
scooter and set her stuff on the chair next to her, a rude little man came up and grabbed the table from in front of her and took it for himself and his family. That was OK, we used her basket of her scooter to hold the stuff, and played the game anyways. We didnt win the $5000 jackpot, but we did win one jackpot to cover the cost of our controller and bingo cards. This time we tried the ones that you actually have to punch out. It was a little nerve wracking in that we had to find the numbers ourselves and not the little automated machine. But our one winner was on the cards!
After the Bingo game we went up for yet another round of shopping. Fran had been eyeing this crème colored jacket all throughout the cruise and finally decided to buy it. Plus she wanted to get something for Jim and Darcy who had looked in our cats (sort of looking in on the cat sitter, as he is a putz but the only person we know who doesnt have enough of a life that he can come daily), and then they were selling jewelry by the inch so I got a couple necklaces and bracelets.
You would think that these things were a bargain, and essentially they were, however, it was still a lot more than I had expected
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Here is a shot of Fran with the gal who ran the art auctions and sales. She sort of was like a friend to us on the ship. She was from Australia and we enjoyed chatting with her about a variety of subjects throughout the cruise. She seemed to like talking to us when she was bored at her work.
Im not sure when she bought them, but we also ended up with a full set of figurines for all the Disney ships, we got a few Mickey and Minnie plush toys, some books and I really dont know what else. Im sure that there were some pins in there! Plus rice krispie treats and other goodies that we both enjoyed.
Next we headed over to the Amber Jewelry display. They were having a game where you could try and guess which of three pieces of jewelry were fake and then the winners of the guesses would be drawn at 8PM that evening for a piece of Amber jewelry. Fran and I both guessed the same piece and turned in our entries. We found out that the winner needed to be present to win.
Then we began to peruse the jewelry for items to purchase. We picked out this one as a Christmas present for my Mother.
I have an Amber pendant that Fran bought me a long time ago and we picked up these earrings and ring for me to go along with that.
Fran got these rings for herself
For the past couple days we had been talking about a future cruise from Galveston. I had submitted a quote, and it came back really high, but thats because I asked about a CL room and there were no discounts on that one. I submitted another one earlier that day and we stopped by the desk, and the gentleman was there. I asked if he still had our quote or if it had been delivered to our room. He pulled it out right away. How did you know who we were? I asked.
Well, you are the only one who asked for a quote on an HA room. I guess the scooter gave us away!
He had again quoted us on the CL room, so I asked a couple questions which led me to believe that I could live without a bathtub in the room if the price were right. He requoted us at the next level down. Not category T, but Verandah room on Deck 7.
I was astonished at the drop in price! It was about 2/5 the cost of the CL cruise. I had asked about three different sailing dates, so we told him that we would go back to the room and talk over the various dates and turn in our card with the booking before the end of the cruise.
Then we headed up to the top deck for a drink of the day. It was so cold up there that Fran immediately put on her new jacket. She got herself a soda while I ordered the drink. The staff is so good on these ships, the bartender remembered from another day that I didnt like coconut rum, but he offered to substitute regular rum in whatever the drink was. I cant remember now. It was good though.
The water was so choppy I took these pictures of the pool, notice the water going.
And my drink of the day.
For the rest of the afternoon I worked on packing up our clothes. The suitcases needed to be outside our door by 10:30PM, and we had a lot of clothes to pack. Either she laid down for a nap or went down to the internet café, either way, I was diligently packing up the suitcases, making sure that I had kept clothes for us to wear off the ship.