Today was another At Sea day.

The sea was still somewhat rough, and I spent most of the morning and afternoon in bed, watching episodes of Downton Abbey on TV.

The sea got calmer in the evening, and I managed to have dinner in the dining room.

Afterwards, we went to a cocktail reception for suite passengers, but that was a total waste of time. The Cruise Director introduced the Hotel Director, which was the host of this reception. At least that’s what we think she did. The place was loud with everyone chatting and the speakers were facing away from us, so we didn’t understand a word she said.

In any case, that was the end of the reception, and the rest were just everyone chatting. I think most people were just here for the free cocktails. We left to see the tonight’s show, which was a mildly funny comedian.

I really don’t have any pictures to post today, so I’ll post this.

I guess they are switching to a different vendor to run the ship’s shops, and unfortunately, this was the last cruise for the current vendor and they tried to sell off all the remaining merchandise, so we only had limited merchandise, then they closed the shops early. Starting with the next cruise, they’ll have a new vendor and new merchandise, but that won’t do us any good. That was one bummer of this cruise, as I wanted to buy a coffee cup with the ship’s name on it.