Panama Cruise 2025 Day 13 Nov 9 Sea Day

 So after an amazing day going through the Panama Canal we finished off our day by having an amazing dinner in the MDR. We have been sitting with the same group for dinner the past 5 nights.  We started going to the dining room around the same time in the evenings and we took a bunch of couples and made our own reservation every night.  There is a couple from Newfoundland, a couple from Saskatoon, a couple from Kelowna and a former professional chef from Vancouver. It has been very enjoyable getting to know them and sharing our days with each other.  That is our waiter who has been servings us as well.  On a longer cruise I can see why people make reservations to eat at the same time every night and with the same people. On a short cruise with less sea days we found it harder to have a set time. 

After dinner we headed to the theatre for an encore performance of the country singer Ric Steele, his performance was very good though he did get into a little bit too much religion for me. 

Well after a full day of sun yesterday transiting the canal we looked forward to kicking back and enjoying our time on the ship. I attended a napkin folding class, I learned at least 6 different ways to fold a cloth napkin, some I will never remember but it was very fun.

We also attended an enrichment talk called The Night at the Museum. It was done by the same guy who gave us the talk on the Panama Canal.  One of the things that I took away from his talk was not to just look at the exhibitions but pay attention to the museum it self, look at the architecture, the walls, columns and floors. Sometimes the building itself can be an exhibit. 

Dinner was great as always, the desserts were amazing tonight. This was a pistachio dome with a pistachio macaroon

This was a sugar free lemon cream semi fredo

We finished up the evening with another performance by Yaniv Zarif, his performance was just as enjoyable as it was the other night. Turns out he was on the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, I might have to watch it again just to see him.

After the show it was off to bed as we are headed to Aruba tomorrow.