1. The bridge
2. Formal night dress
3. Our tablemates
After lunch we came back to the cabin, changed clothes and went on a bridge tour. The bridge on a ship like this is amazing. We were able to spend over ½ hour with a very small
group and some of the ships officers on the bridge. While we were on the bridge we found out that there are 2836 people on the ship from 60 different countries. Only 239 of those customers are from the United States, so we are in a minority and it is just fun. Counting the crew, there are 4058 on this ship – amazing it never seems crowed.Then it was on to the slot tournament final where neither of us won, but of course we had a lot of fun. Later Barb played on the slots and broke even and Ed didn’t play blackjack as there were not any players in the afternoon.
A rest before dinner and then it was dressing for formal night. Barb was in white and it sure showed off her tan!
The show was good and then we had a good session in the casino. Tonight we set the clocks back one hour so it will be good to get and extra hours sleep.
We woke up to cloudy skies so we went to a cooking contest between two of the top chefs. It was fun, but we wanted sun and when they finished, there was sun!!
So, we headed for the cabin and changed and then spent until 3:00 pm out of the deck and it was a perfect last day. The entertainment on the pool deck was fun and the food was great.
Before dinner, we picked up our last set of pictures from last nights formal night and then went dancing.
The last dinner is always sad but joyful when you have such good tablemates. Sad because it is the last night and joyful for all the memories we will have – the will last a life time.
Our tablemates have been really, really enjoyable to be with. Ian and Vivien Streeter from Worcestershire and Astrid and Maurice O’Dea from London. Both couples are delightful and taught us a lot about England and places that they have been. We would love to see them again on another cruise.
The staff of this ship is probably the best of any ship we have ever been on. In addition, the staff of the casino was tremendous. The fact that we are part of the Blue Chip Club has made a huge difference and we are looking forward to many more cruises on Celebrity. We have booked our March vacation on the Celebrity Summit for a week in the Caribbean and also booked today the Celebrity Solstice for next September 5 for a 12 night Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona, Spain.
We got up at 5:30am to be off the ship at 6:30am with the first group. A two hour bus ride and we were at the airport.
Barb will write about the trip tomorrow and post it.
We are now waiting for our plane to fly home. Thanks a lot to everyone who took care of everything and home and at work to make this trip possible. It was one of the best.
Good moring from London - see everyone soon.
Ed & Barb
