Wow! For a day of doing nothing, I am pooped!!! After breakfast we did in fact head up to the deck to catch some rays. In fact, our fellow 2500 passengers had the same idea and it was really difficult finding deck chairs! We finally did, and each managed to read about 4 pages in our respective books before we started dozing. I left Kim keep an eye on our chairs while I went to a listening party for BNL's upcoming children's CD. It was terrific - some really great stuff for kids and adults alike. After lunch, I watched Ed host a Guitar Hero competition for a while and then headed over to a Brothers Creegan show - featuring BNL bassist Jim, his brother and former BNL member Andy, Kurt Swinghammer on guitar and Ed on drums(! - Tyler said "no".) It was pretty good - they did some old BNL stuff from the albums Andy was on and it was fun watching Ed try not to mess up on the drums. We got dressed for dinner - it was green dress formal night - and then caught the Carbon Leaf (band from the airport) concert on the Lido deck. They were great - good guitar rock from Richmond, VA. Then it was off to dinner where we each had the lobster in honor of Doug. :-) We then were off to watch Gaelic Storm on the Lido deck - a pretty decent Celtic rock group. I should mention that the Lido deck concerts are outside and in the middle of a huge wind tunnel. Not cold wind, but pretty strong. Hair was flying everywhere! Oh - in between all this, we had sushi (had raw fish for the first time and lived to tell) and got a very cute pig made of towels from our room steward. Then we headed to the Guster main show. They were very good - Tyler played the drums and Ed joined them on vocals for a song. An encore was Tyler singing "Brandy" - awesome and hysterical! Then back to the Lido deck to catch Thinbuckle, Kevin's group, and get some pizza. We finally headed back to the room around 1:30 AM. Time to sleep (if the casino one floor below us will allow us to...) because we will be in Grand Cayman tomorrow and will be heading out to snorkel with the sting rays. Another full day for sure, this time without the luxury of sleeping late!
I have been having trouble posting pics on this very slow and expensive internet connection - I will try again tomorrow.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Monday Morning
From Kim:
Today is our first full day on the ship. It is a day at sea, but as our good ol' friends the Barenaked Ladies say, a day at sea is a FUN day! So, today is a fun day, Woohoo! This morning at 10am was the Naked Picture. (Don't worry, I did not break my promise, there was no naked Kim this morning...no one needs that first thing in the morning before they've even had a cup of coffee!) But anyone who wanted to participate could go up to the main deck, stand in a big group and on the count of three, show their nakedness. We are eating breakfast right now and they are all coming in with their robes on, milling about! PUT ON SOME CLOTHES, people! This is a Barenaked Ladies Cruise, not bare naked ladies (and men)!
Well, we have a busy schedule ahead of us. We need to put on our swim suits, get a couple of lounge chairs and sunbathe. After that, there will be some swimming, a little mini-golf, maybe a snack, and then back to work on the lounge chair. So with that said, we've got to get this day started!
From Jenn:
Alas, there was no bare naked Jenn, either. I couldn't get past the part where the picture has been taken and everyone has to bend down to get their robes. It was way too early in the morning for THAT!! Last night we had all good intentions of floating through the various shows going on, but discovered that the special concert BNL was doing for people who did the cruise last year was being broadcast on the ship TV. So we watched that! It was a good show - they picked song requests out of a hat. So there were some oldies in there - on a few they needed to use a lyric book, and on others, they just la la la'd the parts unknown. Quite funny indeed. Well, as Kim said, we have a ful day ahead of us. We have been watching Cuba float by while eating breakfast. It's a gorgeous day out - time to experience it!
Today is our first full day on the ship. It is a day at sea, but as our good ol' friends the Barenaked Ladies say, a day at sea is a FUN day! So, today is a fun day, Woohoo! This morning at 10am was the Naked Picture. (Don't worry, I did not break my promise, there was no naked Kim this morning...no one needs that first thing in the morning before they've even had a cup of coffee!) But anyone who wanted to participate could go up to the main deck, stand in a big group and on the count of three, show their nakedness. We are eating breakfast right now and they are all coming in with their robes on, milling about! PUT ON SOME CLOTHES, people! This is a Barenaked Ladies Cruise, not bare naked ladies (and men)!
Well, we have a busy schedule ahead of us. We need to put on our swim suits, get a couple of lounge chairs and sunbathe. After that, there will be some swimming, a little mini-golf, maybe a snack, and then back to work on the lounge chair. So with that said, we've got to get this day started!
From Jenn:
Alas, there was no bare naked Jenn, either. I couldn't get past the part where the picture has been taken and everyone has to bend down to get their robes. It was way too early in the morning for THAT!! Last night we had all good intentions of floating through the various shows going on, but discovered that the special concert BNL was doing for people who did the cruise last year was being broadcast on the ship TV. So we watched that! It was a good show - they picked song requests out of a hat. So there were some oldies in there - on a few they needed to use a lyric book, and on others, they just la la la'd the parts unknown. Quite funny indeed. Well, as Kim said, we have a ful day ahead of us. We have been watching Cuba float by while eating breakfast. It's a gorgeous day out - time to experience it!
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