Didn't buy anything
We tagged a few paintings we liked at the pre-viewing but it turned out they were all too much for us to buy. They had a drawing for free gifts but we didn't win anything. It was entertaining though. We enjoyed it!
Art auction
We've always been invited to art auctions on cruises but we've only just passed by them. This time we didn't have anything else to do so we thought, "Why not?" They had free champagne anyway.
Awesome mountains!
Great views on our day at sea!
Good reading spot!
We found a nice spot in the bar, next to an awesome window, to drink and read a bit.
Big gingerbread house!
You can see how big the display is in this pic.
Little gingerbread houses
A close-up of some of the smaller gingerbread houses in front of the castle.
Gingerbread castle
When we boarded the ship yesterday there was a band playing here. Overnight they built a gingerbread castle complete with working train!
Laundry done!
When we came back from breakfast, our laundry had come back! So fast!
Noisy
Having a porthole was cool but when the ship was going fast at night the waves hitting the hull made a loud WHAM noise in our room. Something to think of when picking our next cruise.
Dinner!
We ate the first night at Cagney's Steakhouse. Yum!
Laundry!
Since this is the 8th day of vacation, we had a lot of dirty clothes. We got our laundry in on the first day!
Porthole selfie!
Bill in our porthole! We went to see if our luggage was in our room!
Atrium plants
Part of the water feature that was next to our table while we were drinking our coffee.
Caffe mocha!
Our first caffe mocha of the cruise! Yum!!!
Paella!
They had a big paella cook-out for lunch by the pool!
Leaving!
Finally leaving port!
Walking the ship
We walked the whole ship. This hallway was at the bow.
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