We continue rocking side to side. Yesterday the Captain said we had following swells and would surf into Miami. I guess that's what we're doing. Today is our last sea day and the last day of this cruise segment. We slept in until 7:30 am. We went up to Terrace for breakfast. I expected to have a small cup of either strawberry or raspberry yogurt mixed into a small box of granola. Not to be. There was not a single box of granola to be found anywhere on Riviera. I sure hope they re-provision it in Miami tomorrow!
Clay walked on the top aft deck around the funnel. That is his favorite spot to walk. I am sure he hasn't even been in the gym for a treadmill on Riviera. I don't know why. I went by 9:30 am needlepoint and picked up a kit. Lisa announced it was her last day as social hostess. She will be employed by Bellarri, Oceania's onboard jewelry store, in the future. Her replacement has been on this cruise training but I haven't met her yet.
We had mail this morning. It was the letter about face to face Customs Inspections in Miami tomorrow. The important information that was missing from last segment's letter is in colored type this time stating that if we want to go ashore we can do prior to 9 am and final disembarkation. That's what we'll plan to do. The first paragraph says to use the new keycards enclosed as our old ones are no longer valid. There were no new keycards in the envelope. As our cards are now dated through 2/26 and still open our door, we'll assume the letter is in error.
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| Surprise! Authentic Bavarian Pork Knuckle with sauerkraut, mustard and bread |
We had checked the menus for today on TV and found all our options disappointing. But, Clay was in for a surprise and the best meal at lunch of the trip. When we boarded back in January the front corner of Waves Grill closest to the pool by the interior wall, around the corner from the Waves' beverage station was a really big long wooden table of seating. We don't spend much time at Waves and certainly not the area by the pool, so we don't know when exactly that table went away. But yesterday for sure it was already gone. In its place had been a large item under a big blue tarp. Yesterday the blue tarp was off at lunch and they were serving chips, salsa, guacamole, etc from it. There was a sign in the hall outside Terrace on the starboard side only saying the "mobi-chef" was out by Waves with a chips & salsa bar. Today there was no sign. Clay had a plate of Danish baby back ribs from the Terrace buffet and I had 3 little cold ham & swiss triangle sandwiches. I wanted potato chips so I went outside to Waves to find some. I didn't see any in the usual place so I walked around the corner and past the beverage station to see the mobi-chef uncovered and manned. I could see a big honking heap of something inside that was not chips. It looked like a pile of pork knuckles and a heap of sauerkraut. I could see the back of a sign on top and walked around to see it said Bavarian Pork Knuckles and Sauerkraut. Clay was going to die! I found the chips, got a bowlful and raced in to tell Clay to stop eating and get out to the mobi-chef with his camera. (He deboned his ribs and wrapped up a sandwich for later!) How does the biggest culinary coup of the day go unannounced? They announced that fresh yellowfin tuna 3x a day until it was gone! Also, Mobi-Chef? That didn't get a Currents mention or announcement and neither did the Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream partnership get introduced with any fanfare. It is a mystery to me.
We watched a movie on demand on TV, "Harriet" rather than go to the popcorn screening in Riviera Lounge.
We had dinner in Terrace. We move the clocks back one hour tonight.
Last night Currents says we traveled 2968 nautical miles for this 10 day segment.
Last night Currents says we traveled 2968 nautical miles for this 10 day segment.
