This is a day at sea as we head towards Istanbul, arriving about 10:00pm tonight.
Ed went up on deck to get Barb’s breakfast and the Butler delivered
it to her in our room. That’s being really
spoiled but it’s part of the perks!
We went up on deck; however, the sun kept going in and out and
it was a little windy.
All day we traveled up the Bosphorus Strait until
reaching Istanbul. It is the world's
narrowest strait used for international navigation.
Around 1:00pm we had lunch on the Pool Deck, then went in
and walked about the ship. It was really
crowded in the main part of the ship as by then it was too windy to be out on
the decks.
We only have 2 times left on the cruise when we could play
in the casino so we went there when they opened up at 2:30.
After that we were back up in the cabin to rest and then
went back down to the casino for our last session. The casino staff was wonderful to us and
really had a great time. We are hoping
to book a January 2026 in South America on this same ship so that will be fun
to see most of the staff again.
We played too long, successfully in the casino and missed the show so, we went to dinner, the last of the cruise
We have had the same two waiters for the last 3 night and
they have been wonderful. Of, course the
food is also exceptional in the tastes and presentations.
We were then done for the night except for packing and that
was easy as they gave us until 2:00am to have it done.
Tomorrow our Butler will meet us at our room, take us off the ship, gather up all of our baggage and take us to our waiting car, which will be about a block from the ship.
Our next blog will be from Istanbul where we will be for the
next few days.
Night
These pictures are not in the correct order.
