Day 18 Sea Day

Rob, thank you very much for your kind comments about our blog and we are glad you are enjoying the watercolor renditions. It's been fun including them.  We wish you both a very safe, healthy and Happy New Year.  

After posting yesterday, we both attended the Crystal Society Family Get Together. The event featured a member of the Crystal Shoreside team and Keith who is one of the two Face Book Crystal Society Family Group moderators as the co-hosts for this get-together. We had a super turnout.

It was interesting to view other ships from Serenity.  In Miami they are all docked in front of one another. At our location you had a ship across from us and another one on the left side of us.  The ship on the left departed shorty before we did and it was interesting to see it make its maneuvers to safely depart without hitting us.  
 
Yesterday’s weather was like what it was when Serenity arrived at Fort Lauderdale on 12/18, and we boarded.  When Serenity arrived to Port Everglades it was raining. The rain cleared and it was mainly cloudy. The only difference is it was windier. When we departed there it was clear sailing.
 

This is the dinner menu from last evening in Waterside.

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As we did on the first night of the first cruise, we dined at Osteria and following is the dinner menu for this Italian Specialty Restaurant.

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We have actually dined at Osteria on the first night of each cruise, starting with the Crystal Serenity Inaugural cruise on July 31 of 2023.  We find that many people boarding the first day dine at Waterside since the first day is busy between embarkation, unpacking, attending the muster drill, and for those who are new to Crystal or the ship learning the layout.

​We enjoyed a delicious dinner along with superb service, great wine and the ambience of this beautiful dining venue.

We tried a few new items including Duck for Keith and a Dessert that Anne Marie had not had before. Always good to change things up.

​First photo with Specialty Restaurant Maitre d' Mario Moinheiro

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Early this morning.

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Interesting cloud formations before we had breakfast.

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Today is the first sea day of this young cruise.  Like all sea days there is lots on the schedule and this includes three lectures. They are: Dr. Michael DeDonno who spoke about The Female Brain versus the Male Brain, Dr. James Wirtz who spoke about The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited, and Jim Jimirro who gave a behind the look of Walt Disney.

We are enjoying a wonderful sea day with great weather.

Cheers,

​Anne Marie & Keith