There are a lot of lasts coming in the days ahead. Today is the last day of March. Tomorrow will be our last day visiting an island off the coast of Africa, but also our first day visiting Europe. The Canary Islands are officially part of Spain. I think I've said no new countries for us on the remainder of this cruise. However on our previous visit to the Canary Islands, we visited Tenerife. This time we'll visit La Palma. Curiously, the name Canary Islands has nothing to do with birds. It is from Latin for dogs. Old sailors used to call seals sea dogs and there used to be a lot of seals on these islands. Now you know.
Clay had us up early so he could record the green flash today. Of course, the horizon was clotted with a layer of clouds at the horizon. We went up to a lightly attended Marketplace for a big Sunday breakfast. Or I did. Clay had his usual banana sandwich. It was lightly attended we assume because there was a Jazz Brunch food extravaganza buffet in Crystal Plaza from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. We stayed away and had lunch in the half opened Marketplace. I hope they had better choices down there. Usually most of what they have is served at Marketplace, but it was a poor selection in my opinion.
The ride is a little rocky today but the pool's open so that is the smoothness/roughness gauge. The Hollywood Theater movie at 2:30 pm is The Green Book. We haven't seen it yet so plan to go. Other than that, the clocks move forward another hour tonight. We have a day-long excursion tomorrow. Another volcanic island to explore. The Green Book was a great film and story. Waterside finally posted their menu and there was nothing for me. Silk will take us at 6 pm again.
I forgot to tell about the bed gifts last night. We had a pair of Diamond Society Pins on the bed. The card said they were for achieving our 10th milestone with Crystal Cruises. They were tie tack like gold tone lapel pins with a crystal chip on them. OK. Technically this is only our 2nd cruise after North West Passage. I guess this World Cruise is worth at least the 4 segments. So evidently each counts for more than we think. We spent months longer aboard RSSC ships and only had 7 cruise credits. Go figure.
Little Bob hits the road
Little Bob hits the road
