Day 14 At Sea
Our final sea day before returning to New York; I wish we were doing “back to back cruises” like some we have met on this trip.
Just before noon we got to witness (along with most of the passengers on the ship) the first testing of the QM2’s snow making equipment. Over the past few days the ship has been slowly transforming itself into its Christmas theme; lots of trees, garlands, lights – it’s quite nice. In addition, snow making machines have been installed above the grand lobby in the center of the ship. Just before noon they turned on the machines and a flurry of fake snow (actually bubbles) floated down onto the expectant crowd; cool.
We bumped in to Kat and Mike (having a pre-noon drink in the champagne bar (yes this ship has an entire bar dedicated to champagne) and decided to try the Britannia Restaurant for lunch – it’s our last day and this is our first trip to the Britannia for lunch. We’ve actually had quite a few lunches in the Golden Lion Pub where they serve a limited but good menu; fish and chips, bangers and mash etc.
After lunch we returned to the cabin and started the dreaded packing; not my favorite activity.
Dinner at the Todd English restaurant was excellent, as usual – though my cold has returned so my taste buds were a bit hindered. I ordered braised rabbit which brought much protesting from Sandra and comments of “how is that little cotton tail” from the others at the table – I just chomped on and enjoyed it. Sandra had the melt-in-your-mouth “love letters” ravioli.
The packing is all done and the cases have already been taken away from out side the cabin door. Sandra is trying to talk me into going for a final drink, um – maybe a hot toddy will do the trick! We’ve got a car arranged to pick us up from the cruise terminal and take us to our hotel in Manhattan tomorrow morning, so hopefully things will go well.
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