January 2 and 3, 2025

We are having a relaxing time on board as we complete the final two days of our trip. What a pleasure to travel with Adam, Mark and Ramsay. We had the usual sea day activities – two second places in Blackjack, spa deck, sauna, lovely meals and relaxation on the deck.

Forgot to put the item in the St. Maarten – Mark, Ramsay and Adam did the America’s Cup 12 Metre Challenge and their ship won. Norm and I had done that when we visited St. Maarten years ago and had fun.

Our Friday night dinner was in Red Ginger and it was a wonderful as always. One of my favorite things on the menu is the Miso Glazed Sea Bass. The other picture is a summer roll. Just a small sample of what we had – all delicious.

The show on Friday was Our World by the entertainment team. I saw it on our three day Inaugural trip a couple of weeks ago. I enjoyed it again and everyone else did too. The singing, dancing and multimedia staging were so good. After the show some of the performers came out to chat and pose for pictures. These costumes were from the last country represented – Italy.

Many of the Bowl Games were shown on TV and on NY Day, they were shown in Horizons with the accompanying snack foods.

On Saturday, I placed second again in the tournament and we were second in trivia too, with extra points given because it is the last day. We went to the passenger art show to see the pieces that Mark and Ramsay did. I showed their Miami harbor ones in an earlier post. Here are the florals they did.

The creperie is new on the Allura ship. Two whole weeks went by and I hadn’t tried it, so this afternoon we shared a peach melba crepe. Amazing.

We will have dinner in Toscana and then the Elton John duo, “This One’s For You” for a second show. And, of course, packing for home. And another wonderful family time together comes to an end after lots of fun, laughs, good food and explorations.