Still at Sea

The seas calmed down by about 3-4 feet overnight so the ride has gotten mercifully smoother. Clay was up about 6:30 am looking for sunrise. There was a Bahama island and clouds blocking his view. We are sailing along about 16 miles north of the coast of Cuba.

We had breakfast at Terrace. Clay got to walk laps on the finally reopened fitness deck. I got a final needlepoint kit. Our luggage was pulled out to remind us to pack up when we returned to the cabin. We are mostly packed up. Melissa, our cabin attendant, was so in love with our shoe organizer hanging bag that we packed it up and gave it to her. Not to be forgotten, we left her assistant Diman a stack of magnets for sticking things to metal walls. They have done a great job.

We were back at Terrace for lunch. The menu on the TV was a repeat of the day we discovered pork knuckles at the Mobi-Chef so we checked there first. It was open and uncovered but only big cans of river rocks were visible in there. I came back out and checked it again when I got potato chips at Waves. No change. Around 1 pm as we finished lunch, we went to check a 3rd time. We found a whole roasted goat on a spit supported by the cans full of river rocks! Clay had some and said it was tasty cabrito.

We plan to watch a movie this afternoon in the cabin. Dinner at Terrace again. Early to bed as we move the clocks back 1 hour tonight. We have to have our big bags out by 10 pm. We have to be out of the cabin for good by 8 am tomorrow. We have to off the ship by 9:30 am.

Today is Mardi Gras and like Valentine's before, it has gone totally ignored aboard Oceania Riviera.
It has been a good month, 100 countries accomplished, sorry to have missed the Dominican Republic.

The final Currents says we traveled 3374 nautical miles. The 12 day cruise cost us $7918 total for both in a category B1 cabin. For unknown reasons, at the end of this final segment Oceania is failing to provide the docking terminal for disembarkation. It wasn't in the disembarkation letter nor in the final Currents. Clay called reception and then went to Destinations Services and both told him verbally, Terminal J. If true, it will be the first time we've used that terminal on the opposite side of the island that is Port of Miami. It was only all 3 cruises final cruise vacation summary documents but at the last 24 hours has changed to E or F so I guess we'll know when we get ashore. Not convenient for arranging transportation though. That with the fact that we'll be departing from and returning to different sides of the port seems to be information Oceania should share with all passengers, departing or continuing. In any event, tomorrow we're off.