At Sea, Monday, June 8, 2015
I woke up about 7 and Tom had brought me coffee – hooray!
We went for breakfast at the good old Garden Cafe then went to a talk about Bermuda in the Breakaway Theater. It was pretty good and told us a lot about the island and good places to go.
At 11, we had a Cruise Critic Meet and Greet in La Cucina. The officers didn’t seem to want to be there but we did get cards with their phone numbers, if needed. No offer of a dinner with the officers like we had last time.
I texted Michael using the iConcierge app and he was napping already so I took the time to get Tom’s app working.
Back at the cabin we found out that Michael had bought shorts and shirt in the store. He hadn’t known that he couldn’t use his debit card – it was all on the room key.
Then, of course, it was time for lunch. You know where.
We decided to go on the Bermuda full-day bus tour Wednesday and BAMZ/Crystal Caves on Thursday. Michael signed up for them during lunch, using the app.
We walked around some and came to the ropes course and zipline. Michael went but didn’t walk the plank. I had planned to go, too, but I was wearing sandals and couldn’t go. Tom checked everything out and said he’d try it “later”.
As if the Aqua Park wasn’t enough deck-top fun for one cruise vacation, Norwegian has devoted another generous chunk of the ship’s exterior space to a three-story sports complex with a smorgasbord of gee-whiz amusements.
Among the attractions is a suspended-in-the-sky ropes course that has 40 different elements including The Plank, a platform that extends 8 feet over the vessel’s edge. The sports complex also offers a miniature golf course, basketball court, rock climbing wall, bungee trampoline and a 24-foot enclosed climbing cage called the Spider Web.
From http://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2013/05/01/norwegian-breakaway-five-things-love/2126133/
We went to store for more band aids for Tom. I liked a tshirt but didn’t get it which is pretty amazing for me.
This night we had reservations for the Cirque Jungle Dreams and Dinner. I had read many complaints about the Cirque dinner so we ate in the Garden Cafe a bit before the show. The food (and show) were great. I told the waitress that I was allergic to shrimp so she offered double filet mignon but I declined. My portion was excellent.
The show itself was fantastic, especially for being at sea. The costumes were very clever.
We wandered outside deck 8 before bed.
All pictures from today:
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Costa Rica, Day Three: August 17, 2014
We all woke up early since the sun rises early. Still no Internet. It was Sunday so we figured it might come back sometime on Monday…maybe. We went down to the tour desk to see if there were any partial day tours for today and full-day ones for tomorrow. The ATV won for today, leaving at 1:00. But first, breakfast in the little restaurant here.
I remembered that we had that other Internet outside Brian’s office and went outside there to log my iPad on with WiFi so I could give AT&T a pile more money and I could get more Global Data, just in case. Sneaky, huh? Turned out, it wouldn’t start until midnight on the 18th, but better than nothing!
Our driver came about 1:00 and we headed off for the ATV trip. This turned out to be a place that also has ziplines and such. We met up with another couple, Tony and Donna, before we headed off up and down unpaved, rut-filled “roads” When we left the Congo Trail Canopy place we visited two beaches: Penca Beach with white sand and Potreros Bay with dark sand), and had snacks at a beach bar. Michael later commented that we learned a lot about operating an ATV but nothing about Costa Rica. True!
Back “home” and found the elevators had signs on them that they weren’t working. Surprise! Tom and Michael went out for Subway subs. When they got back, there was a huge rainstorm and loud booms. We looked out and some of the rocks were coming off our mountain. Great – landslide!
We played some of the games I’d downloaded last night, then early bed. Tomorrow is an early day.