Day 10: Mon. Aug 27. Day at Sea

Today was a day at sea as we traveled across the Mediterranean from Barcelona to Naples.  It was definitely a nice break from all the touring.  We didn’t get up til about 9 am… one of two days we got to sleep in on the trip.  We basically just bummed around for the day.  Kory had a massage at the spa.  I don’t like people touching me, so I gambled and lost $100 at the casino.  We had some (too many,) drinks from our regular bartenders at the adult pool bar.  They seem to want to make us shots… and Kory was letting them.  He is usually my buffer to my no shot policy… But it’s vacation… so exceptions are made.  It was fun sitting out there when our giant ship went right between Sardinia and Corsica.  They are not too far apart and we were lest than a kilometer from shore, so it gave us some scenery.

Then we went to the hydrotherapy pool in the thermal suite for our daily visit before our only planned event of the day.

Our dinner plans were the Cirque dreams dinner and show.  It was in the Spiegel “tent,” a two floor area with tables around a small ring in the center.  There was only one option for dinner.   First was a tomato/mozzarella plate, an entree of steak and shrimp and then a plate with three mini desserts.  The entree was the best part.  Then it was showtime.  I was very impressed with the skill of the performers.  There were definitely a couple things I hadn’t seen before and some I had, but with new twists.  I couldn’t believe everything they were doing in the tiny space in the middle where they performed.  It seemed like they were going to end up in the audience’s lap most of the time.  My favorite acts were the slack wire, the guy that balanced stuff on a steak knife sticking out of his mouth and the roller skating duo.

After the show, we went to the Newlywed/Not so Newlywed game.  This is a cruise staple and hilarious as usual.  I was happy for Kory to see this because we hadn’t done any of the other corny cruise activities yet. 

For the rest of the night, we just headed back up to the pool bar under the stars and ended our night there.  It was a good relaxing day after five port days in a row.