Today we are docked in Civitavecchia and all but 340 passengers got off the ship and started on their way home. We were able to stay on and all we had to do was go down and swipe our old cards out and put our new cards in the machine to have our pictures taken again. They knew we had such a hard cruise that we all had aged at least 50 years and wanted to see the difference. The crew is amazed at so many things that happened on that cruise that had never happened before and of course we had to be the ones that were blessed with these calamities.
We had a relaxing morning but it flew by almost as fast as the first 13 days and we had received a notice that there was going to be a special lunch for the back 2 back folks in the dining room between 12 and 1 while all the newbies were going to have lunch in the buffet. While we were booking our shore excursions for the cruise Rita told us a few people were walking out of the dining room because they weren't pleased with the menu so Enid and I went to check it out and there were very smart people before us. The menu was gross so we decided to go to the buffet too. We met a lot of back 2 back folks up there too.
This is something no one hears from me too often. I have been freezing and can't warm up. I didn't bring warm clothing, no long sleeves and went to get something on the ship and can't find anything here either. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have better luck or I'll wind up with pneumonia. Tomorrow the high is going to be 57. Ain't that sweet?
We played Bananagrams with Rita and Jules and it seems like a fun game. We thought the unofficial meet and greet was to be at 3 PM on the lawn but we must've been mistaken since no one else was there except Jules. Even Rita didn't make it 'cause she had a headache.
Dinner time has now been official changed to 6 PM and our new tablemates are Jerry and Gayle and Skip and Elsie.
I'm sure we'll have a great table once we get to know them better but nothing will ever beat Ivy, Charles, Gayle, and Alf.
Our waiter is Edwin and he seems on the ball. He asked us for our names and remembered them already before the end of the meal.
Simon, the hotel director, sent invitations tio all the back 2 back passengers inviting them to a party in the sky lounge at 8 PM tonight for drinks and cocktails. He had a lot of officers there to greet us and thank us for staying on, a fantastic band, and it was really a great party. I told him he missed out on a great money maker by not getting all the same people together and taking a group picture. He would've sold soooooo many and at 19.95 would've made him look great. Maybe I should come out of retirement. Yeah, like that'll be the day.
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