Nov 2 - at sea

Nov 2 - at sea

Last night the entertainment was Brett Cave, a very talented pianist. We really enjoyed his act.

After dinner we played bridge and then took a look at the Arabian Night party on the pool deck. At least a quarter of the passengers bought some type of Arab clothing to wear. There were men and women in full regalia and some in partial outfits. It is hard to understand where they will wear these items on there return home. When we were in Egypt in 1993 I bought an outfit and only worn it one time, the halloween the year my granddaughter Maddie was born and I have a picture of me holding her in my outfit.

After trivia this morning, where we placed high, we had lunch in the dinning room.

We played duplicate bridge this afternoon and after starting out strong, we quickly burnt out like a shooting star.

Tonight is a formal night and there is a cocktail party for Captain Circle passengers. The Captain Circle is for passengers who have sailed with Princess more then once. The more days you have sailed the better the benefits.

The party was fun, the Captain is English and has a good sense of humor. The passengers with the most sea days on the Princess was introduced - they have over 800 days sailing with Princess.

The show was production with the singers and dancers. They continue to put on great performances.

Nov 3 - at sea

This is our last day before we leave the ship for our side tour to the Taj Mahal. We have to pack a small carry-on bag each. We leave tomorrow at 8am for a flight to Delhi. We then have a five and half hour bus ride to Agar. We spent the night and get up early to see the Taj at sunrise, after a visit to the Red Fort we do the bus ride back to Delhi. Then there is the plane ride to Cochin, which is where we will pick up the ship on Nov 6.

Yesterday at trivia the Cruise Director (Peter) was upset because a passenger had berated one of the staff over a question, so he asked the trivia players to write there own questions and he used them today. It was no fun, but I believe he made his point.

After lunch in the dinning room, we played our last session of duplicate bridge until we board the ship in Cochin.

This will be our last posting until Nov 6th.

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Hal