Day 8 - Tuesday 14 February - Fun Day at Sea

Slept ok but woke up to find that iTunes had logged out and I could no longer send/receive iMessages. *sigh* there goes my connection to the outside world. I can still see Stu's Google Chat notifications as notifications, but they don't show up in the app and I couldn't send there anyway.

Had a quick/light breakfast. The small bit of sausage was quite nice and the hash browns were fresh and crispy.

Got 11/20 on the trivia, then continued looking for the last two ducks. One was pasted high on a wall in the Fun Shops but as we were writing it down someone else asked if we'd found 7, which of course we hadn't. As we were discussing this, a lady who does the shopping channel shows said, oh it was on The Morning Show, channel 114. Went back to the room and put the tv onto that channel for a while but they never repeated the morning show, even though some staff thought it did repeat (and later we asked others who said it didn't).

Had some salads for pre-lunch and watched the Love and Marriage teaser on the Lido Deck, then got a Guy's Burger which was quite nice.

Wandered around for a bit (including seeing a Behemoth of the Seas!! (Harmony of the Seas) which was on its way between Nassau, Bahamas and Falmouth, Jamaica), then went to the 2pm draw of the Duck Hunt. Pretty sure the dude who won was the partner of the lady we were with when we found the second last duck. I should have put an entry in for David heh.

Bird flying above Harmony of the Seas

Brown booby

Harmony of the Seas about to cross paths with a container ship

Bow of the Carnival Pride, heading straight for Harmony of the Seas

As soon as they'd done that I went downstairs to Photography with Michael, which was on smartphones this time. The photoshoot was in the Sunset Garden promenade.

One of today's pointers was change up the angle of your photos

I like taking these sorts of photos

While the girls were pretty and all, I also had fun with Stefan

Torri

Torri (same photo, but using the iPhone portrait filter)

Chilled out for a bit then went up for the 5pm free drinks. Tried to get my money's worth. Because the price of booze on this ship is ridiculous (you pay more for a glass of the cheapest wine on the menu as you would for an entire bottle at home).

Sunset over Carnival Pride

While getting a refill I got talking to Voncile and Robin from Texas, and Graham and Beverly from Scotland. Once the champagne ran out we all went to dinner. Voncile lent me a dress to wear (on account of I didn't bother to bring anything "nice" to wear other than the dress for the roaring 20s evening).

Me dresssed for dinner in Voncile's dress

Robin and Voncile

For dinner I had mushroom bisque for entrÃ©e which was amazing, lobster for mains which was nice enough, and crÃ¨me brulee for dessert which was quite nice. But the service in the restaurant is just so damned SLOW. It even took them forever to find the bottle of wine I opened the day before.

Not found! (just like Carnival restaurant service)

Was after 21:00 by the time we escaped the restaurant. (I'd been hoping to see the 19:30 88 Keys show.. bwahaha yeah right). Saw the 21:30 show. Then collapsed into bed. And cranky that it was so late, and even later because we had to put clocks forward an hour for the time change. #grunt