Nancy’s Summer Cruise – Day 3

Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas
9 Night Cruise to Bermuda, St. Martin, St. Thomas, and San Juan

Missed the previous installments? Here they are: Day 1, Day 2.

Today we arrived in Bermuda. However … we really didn’t care. Since we’ve been there a few times, today was “hang around the ship” day. Now, Bermuda is a beautiful island. If you have never visited it, you most certainly should. However, for us, sleeping in until 10:30 am was exactly what we wanted to do.

Joe got that pedicure late in the morning (see Day 2) and boy are his toes gorgeous! I honestly think all men should get pedicures once a month. It makes life far less dangerous for us ladies.

After lunch in the Windjammer, Joe and Lex went to the video arcade (again, see Day 2) while I checked out a book from the ship’s library, Kathy Reichs’ Death Du Jour. Reading on a cruise is nice and relaxing. All the lounge chairs (or the library chairs … or the pool chairs for that matter) are ideal for reclining and reading. Me? I opted for the comforts of my cabin, so I read on a very comfortable couch with my feet up … ahh!

By mid-afternoon, Joe and Lex were out exploring all the pools and hot tubs while I went to – you guessed it – the spa.

Today, I enlisted in the Ionithermie Cellulite Reduction Program. Sounds fancy, doesn’t it? It must be. Ionithermie is gooey, messy, and involves electrodes. Let’s just say that, if you have a type B personality, this is not for you. Does it work? Who knows. It was fun, interesting, and something different. Plus, if it doesn’t work out, I can always paraphrase Danny Vermin: “I tried that program once. … ONCE!”

We met up with Joe’s cousin Lisa and her friend Mary for dinner, and shared stories. They had a lovely time in Hamilton and spent many hours there. We told them of our adventures and dinner just seemed to fly by.

I do have one emerging pet peeve with Royal Caribbean’s My Time Dining. As there isn’t a set beverage waiter for your table, I always have to ask more than once, then wait, for my iced tea. If I had my set table during a regular dining time, my iced tea would be waiting. Ahh well. Otherwise, everything has been fine.

After dinner, Lex wanted to go to Adventure Ocean, while I wanted to go to the casino. Both a win-win in my book!

I met up with Joe to see some shows. One of the shows was an adult comedy act by a Mr. Dave Wilson. Very, very funny and extremely non-PC. I like that. I know my part of the world tends to be more PC today, but I don’t want comedians to spare anyone or anything. We absolutely must be able to laugh at ourselves! No exceptions.

There is “one more thing”. When we returned to our cabin, our steward, Manuel, left a towel animal in the shape of … um, something. Well, we weren’t quite sure. We have a few ideas, but I’m more interested to hear what you think it is.

That’s all for today. Tomorrow is a day at sea. I love those days! Plenty more updates to follow.