The Maasdam is at Sea today --- we all sleep in and do not meet for breakfast. Dave and I are still reading Michael Lewis’s The Big Short -- he’s way ahead of me.
12:30 pm -- Lunch at the Pinnacle Grill (courtesy of Linda from Altour) --- not very crowded. We have a nice window table with no sun in our eyes.
We break our rule of “no drinking at lunch” again but a glass of wine goes so well with lunch at sea.
We wonder about the smoking policy on board the Maasdam. This week we notice people seem to be smoking more in public places. So I go to the Front Desk to ask whether or not the policy has changed. The response: “No the policy has not changed.” I ask “Is there something in writing that says where the smoking areas are?” I am told that he will send something to my cabin. It never comes.
3:00 pm -- Trivia with our new cruise director, Linda, in the Rembrandt Lounge -- where the shows take place. We haven’t played since Matt (last week’s cruise director) left. We liked Matt. Linda has a british accent and she ends all of her public address announcements with “TOODLE LOO”. Linda uses ten sentences to explain what could be more easily understood with one sentence. At any rate -- she gives our cynical minds something else to criticize.
We are playing by our new rule of putting down the first thing that comes to mind. We seem to be moving along ok -- although as usual we are guessing a lot. We exchange papers with another team for the correction phase. Lo and behold -- our Team BOJAX -- wins with a score of 14 out of a possible 17 points. And -- Linda gives out prizes -- Matt did not. We each now have a genuine Holland America Travel Cup. But the pressure is on -- we must defend our championship.
7:30 pm -- Captain’s Toast in the Rembrandt Lounge --- we arrive for the free champagne but leave before the Captain comes on at 8:00 pm since we want to be sure to get a table in the Rotterdam Main Dining Room. Dave called earlier and they said there was no availability but suggested we come about 8:00 pm since there might be some empty tables. Since we don’t want to risk missing a meal we hot-foot it to the dining room.
Patte and I did the talking -- explaining to the Maitre D’ that we have been dining room challenged since our arrival the previous week. Something we said must have hit a nerve because he found us a great table on the upper level and suggested we could have a table at the 8:00 pm seating each night. We said “Sure -- that’s great. Now we can relax and not worry about where we’ll be having dinner.”
Just before our main course, the Maitre D’ comes to our table to make sure everything is going well. He tell us that he has several tables for us to choose from. Our four jaws dropped simultaneously -- Phil and Dave were speechless. Patte and I had to handle the selection of a table. We will now be at Table 81 on the Upper Level of the Rotterdam Dining Room each evening at 8:00 pm. except for Thursday when we go back to the Pinnacle Grill.
After dinner we stopped to see Nathan in the Piano Bar. He has quite a following this week -- we had to sit at a table since the bar stools were all taken. After a quick stop at the Neptune Bar to listen to a little music -- it was time to call it a night about 11:30 pm.
Tomorrow is Charlottetown to see Anne of Green Gablesl
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