May 31st is our second day at sea. We don’t have to get up to be anywhere in particular – although we have looked at the schedule of events and Brighid has her appointment for a make over at 11, with Dot to follow at 11:30. We placed our breakfast order outside the door last night, and we are hoping to have breakfat delivered at about 8:30. We woke up around 8, showered and dressed quickly, and breakfast didn’t end up showing up until after we phoned to check on where it was at about 9:15. The breakfast is way more than we can eat – I had ordered scrambled eggs and hash, and there is a mountain of both, plus potatoes. Brighid has a breakfast equally as huge, plus a plate of fresh fruit. They gave us a plate with four different pastries on it, as well as two croissants, so we wrap most of that and put it on the shelf in the room to enjoy later. There is also a yogurt, and a nice hot pot of tea. We really eat way too much, but it’s a nice breakfast, watching the waves roll past us, and it’s very relaxing.
The makeover goes well. Brighid looks her usual gorgeous self, and we buy a few of the products. One of them is an Estee Lauder product called Idealist – I should have bought one for Brighid and one for myself. You skin feels like silk after you apply it, and I like how it seems to even out things without a concealer to do all the heavy work. very nice stuff. The makeup on both Brighid and Dot is very natural, not over done, and makes them both look very cleanly done – no hooker makeup here.
Following the makeovers, it was lunchtime, so we headed upstairs to eat. We had a full afternoon planned, so after lunch, Brighid made her way out to the pool to read some school work and I headed off to attend a lecture on how accupuncture can control over eating. I found it very informative, and even ended up signing up for a treatment, but since the woman said it can take as many as three treatments to begin to see results, I ended up cancelling and may look into it when I get home. It’s not that I overeat, but I do have carb cravings, and this may help.
When the accupuncture class was over, Brighid met me for an Italian language lesson. The woman who gave the lesson is Spanish, and a lot of things she mispronounced. Even though she had the paper in front of her telling her how to say stuff in Italian, she seemed to confuse it with Spanish. The best one in the class was an Asian man, who not only corrected the Spanish teacher, but was the loudest and best at pronouncing everything himself. All in all, not worth the time it took, but we did come away with a print-out of some handy Italian phrases, and since our next three ports are Naples, Florence, and Rome, we might need them.
The adult passenger talent show is up next, so Brighid and I headed there. Only 4 adults tried out and they took all 4 of them. The performances were just okay – two of them were members of the Solavita group. One man, Mr. Hartleman, sang a very nice rendition of Moon River, but there was nothing extraordinary about any of the other performances. The one young woman who played the piano made quite a few mistakes that even I, an untrained listener, was able to pick up, but you have to give them credit for even getting up on the stage. Brighid REALLY wanted to dance, but you had to be 18 to audition. She would have blown them away.
We sat for a little while afterwards talking to Dot and Russ about shopping, but most of the information is for Capri, and we don’t go there. We have a full day in Florence and won’t have time to detour to Capri. I do love the little bells though, and hope we will find them in Florence.
By now, it’s getting close to time to get ready for dinner, and since this is a formal night, that takes longer to do. Brighid and I head up to the room, and I hop in the shower while Brighid fusses with hair. Her makeup is still perfect, so no worries there. I bring the champagne Jim sent to dinner, and the sommelier exchanges that bottle for a cold bottle so he can serve it.
After a delicious dinner, Brighid runs to our room to get changed into her black and white gown, because she wants a formal picture of herself in that gown. It looks gorgeous, as it did the other night, so I don’t know why she didn’t get her photos done when she wore this dress before, but no matter. She looks gorgeous in it now, too. She then runs back to change again, because she doesn’t want people to see her in the same dress she wore the first formal night. She’s so difficult sometimes!
The show tonight, starring the Celebrity singers and dancers, is called Classique, and it really is very good. They work so hard and put in a great show every time we see them.
When the show was over, we headed up on deck so we could see Sicily as we sailed by and to catch a glimpse of Mount Etna. From there, it’s off to bed. We have another early day tomorrow with our stop in Naples.