It Comes to an End

Saturday April 16,

This is packing day so we will be both busy and sad.

We decided to go to the dining room for breakfast. When a person arrives they ask if you want to be alone or if sharing with others is o kay. We always say sharing because we like to meet new people. In fact meeting people from all over the world is one of the pleasures of cruising in our opinion. So we said sharing and we were directed to a beautiful window seat. We waited but no one was ever sent to our table so for the first time we dined alone. None the less we enjoyed a great meal and a wonderful view.

After breakfast I decided to get a few final pictures. Ken and I went outside on deck seven and we enjoyed the sea air and tried to decide what we might do today. It was decided that I would check out the big sale and then meet Ken at Princess Live for the presentation on Female Pirates.

The sale was not especially great but I did get a couple of little things. The presentation on Pirates was not that good. He had no passion and it was factual but not interesting.

After that we headed for our room and the beginning of packing. We had to sort out things so we can have what we will need in Orlando easily accessible, but other things like the left over brandy had to be packed so thay would not be broken. We puttered away at it and decided to not go for lunch. We had some fruit left over in our room and because we had a fairly big breakfast we were not at all hungry.

So we packed and watched TV and blogged and wrote thank you notes etc until around three. Then we went down to the café to have another coffee.

We decided to take another stroll around the pool deck before dinner. We dressed in our travel clothes and finished our suitcases. We left Olivia her envelope but we did not put our cases out yet.

We went to dinner and said goodbye to everyone and gave our tips to our wait staff. Then we returned to our room and put out our cases. We had a nice visit with the people next door. ( Bill and Kathy Odle)

We then went back to the café to enjoy some of the music at the Mardi Gras Party. There was a lot of dancing and the music was great. The usual band was joined by the brass section of the Princess Orchestra. We had one last special coffee with our brandy.

Then we returned to our room.

We had a wake up call for 6:30.

Tomorrow morning we will be on our way to Orlando.

We will get a Princess transfer to the FLL airport because that is where we pick up our rental car.

Sunday, April 17,

The night was a little rocky, just enough that you knew you were at sea. This entire trip has had such smooth seas and this ship rides so well that you seldom felt any motion.

We woke around six and so by the time the phone rand at 6:30 we were dressed and ready for breakfast.

We dined in the Concerto dining room. This time we had company. One lady was from Winnipeg. We actually had eaten with her on one other occasion. There was a couple from Quebec and also another couple Jerry and Kathy from Naples Florida. We had met Jerry and Kathy before as well.

Breakfast was good as usual.

Then we returned to the room to finalize things and clear out the room for Olivia. We made our way to the Vista Lounge where the Elite passengers were assigned to meet.

Greg and Janice were here and we sat with them and I worked on the blog