Back on the ship, we all headed to the cabins for hot showers and freshening up. Ed exercised for a bit (the machines are outside on the top deck of the ship – a treadmill, bike and a weight machine), Cathy freshened up in the relative cool of the cabin (no where on this ship is it very cool – except for the dining room – but we’re skipping ahead). Met Maggi and Richard back in the Discovery lounge for the Captain’s welcome and evening briefing. First time ever, the staff was brought champagne but the guests were not! Guess they figure since the cruise is all inclusive and we can get anything we want – why bother with champagne?
Briefings are nice, short little synopsis of what the next day will hold. After the talk, everyone signs up for what they want to do and then we head to dinner. First night dinner was good – and no Hake – which made Ed very happy!! (Celebrity serves Hake for the first night dinner on all their other ships!) Everyone had Red Snapper, except Cathy who had Veal Marsala with mushrooms and ham (the ham is very pale, almost white! Since virtually everything has to be sourced from Ecuador, it must be a local thing.)
After dinner, drinks in the Discovery lounge bar capped off a great first day!
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