Honeymoon: At sea...

The Lotus Spa. Massages are great, particularly after being folded into a plane for ten plus hours, but the hard sell on the skin brushes (now I know how a horse feels after being curry combed- “It increases circulation!”) and lack of working lockers were not so good. Nor was the fact that I had to ask for a larger robe, was handed the same sized robe, and then had to ask again for a larger robe. This puzzles me, as I am obviously a big person, and I am by no means the biggest person on the ship, nor was I the biggest person in the spa waiting room. They ask you to rate your stress level on the questionnaire going in. The whole robe thing had raised mine to a 6. The massage was excellent however, and both Jene and I were very relaxed coming out of it, and ready to spend an even more relaxing day at sea. Which is pretty much what we did. We hung out in the café, drank wine and coffee, saw the break dancers that pass for “street entertainment,” played some scrabble (Jene won, as usual) and pretty much relaxed until it was time to dress up and go to a fabulous dinner at the Italian style restaurant over the stern. We had made reservations, but these were not needed as the place was almost empty. Apparently they have been slow, as this particular cruise crowd does not like to pay the extra $20 per person for the premium restaurant. That is a shame, as it is well worth it. It was a tasting menu, so we tried just about everything, with the highlight being the ravioli, which was sort of rosemary and sage tasting with potatoes and cheese in the filling. Just fantastic. We hit the casino afterwards did not find our new best friend, bless her heart, and lost some more money before retiring to the most fantastic lighting show I have ever seen out our balcony window. The storm was a few miles off, but caused a little bit of chop even for a boat this huge. The lightning went every few seconds, with the occasional thunder to accompany it on the close ones. Very cool.