Another warm and sunny day – too warm actually. Up and out, Horizons, then on the jogging track (do you see a pattern here?) and we are already getting burned. Cathy can feel her ears burning up! Ditched that a little early and headed to breakfast. Washed up and sat in Horizons working on the computer and then doing emails. Lunch was a seafood buffet, very good, shrimps, seafood bouillabaisse, fried calamari, all excellent. Cookies for dessert – good – but not Princess good! Princess still takes the cookie battle! Next off to the Insignia lounge for the daily movie – Michael Clayton. Got there early to get a good seat – front row – and to nab the popcorn! Yes! Popcorn! Awesome!
Great movie. Done by 3:30, back to the gym so we can make Harry’s Zeppelin lecture at 5:30. Before the lecture we hit the Horizon’s bar for 2 for 1 cocktails (every night between 5 and 6), then down to the lounge for the presentation. Harry is a former ABC producer and has offered Oceania his services as a guest lecturer. He gave an excellent presentation on the Rio to Barcelona zeppelin route that existed in the 1930’s. Fascinating!
Next to dinner in the Grand Dining Room. Very nice, Ed had steak poivre and Cathy had swordfish (again with the seafood? This is definitely a record!!). Cookies and petit fours for dessert – not worth the carbs – going without dessert from now on! Freshened up at the cabin and headed upstairs to the deck party. Started at 8:30 when we docked in Salvador, “party” band played all the cruise standards – Macarena, electric slide, etc. Waited for a Brazilian dance show – but the dancers were late (probably an immigration thing, which you’ll hear about more later.) Weather cool enough with a breeze and fun hanging out outside listening to music. Sweet treat buffet of cookies and little sweets and ice cream. Simple and nice.
Before the party however, as we docked around 8:00pm, we were up on deck watching the proceedings – and we saw a group of about 12 people, all with luggage waiting for the ship. Figured these were the poor souls (at least some of them) from Canada whom we knew had missed the ship in Rio due to weather. They were yelling at their friends on board and we could only imagine their relief at finally getting to the ship.
Ship docked, gangway came down, passengers onboard who were going on the $100 Brazilian dance show tour got off, the late arrivals stayed on the dock. A table and chairs were brought out, still the late arrivals sat. And sat, and sat. Don’t know what was going on, but something was holding them up and they were not allowed on board. How heartbreaking! Now it’s getting on toward 10 pm, they are still sitting on the dock (with champagne and drinks and food from the ship, but still!!!) listening to the deck party up above and not being able to board. Needless to say, Cathy is almost in tears thinking about it – the emotions! They were finally let aboard around 10:30 after 2 cars came speeding up the dock, people in black suits got out, conferred with someone on the ship and then “let our people go!!!”
After that excitement– it’s off to bed!
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