So, fresh off the aborted anchoring in the Falkland Islands, we were adrift. We wondered if perhaps we might get to the next port a day early and have more time- we got to do that in Mallorca once and that was fabulous. But, no. Instead, we spent a day driving in circles around the Falkland Islands and then cruising on as normal. I’m sure there are solid reasons for this because our captain has been 100% awesome and I trust him. So- a sea day it was!
Now, we had plans for today- it is Mike and Diana’s 56th wedding anniversary! The rest of us were conjuring up a surprise party for them. We’d rounded up a cake, a few bottles of champagne, a private party room- all thanks to an incredible crew member up in the VIP lounge for guests with suites. (Not us) But on this special day, they let us riff raff come in! Woohoo! More on this in a bit.
Before that, Sue had written a letter to the captain and asked him to play the Love Boat song and he agreed to do it at noon. We were still in our cabin but heard it loud and clear. The others had gone to the pool deck to enjoy it. And man did it take me back to Kotor, Montenegro in a split second where I once sat alone in my quarantine cabin and for some reason, the captain played it back to back 9 times and it echoed all around the fjord. Hahaha.
Anyway, Ginny, Rich and I went to the art auction after lunch. The first of the trip! We normally go to all of them so it’s been kind of weird!! And, speaking of weird - NO ONE bought anything. First auction I’ve ever seen where that happened. It was a special one where they were auctioning off a few incredibly expensive original pieces from the likes of Picasso and Renoir - and sure, I didn’t expect those to go but when they got back around to things us normal people could buy - nope. Anyway, too weird!
Once that was over, we didn’t have much time to get ready to pull off our surprise. I went to the cabin to grab our card and Jason who enjoyed a nice afternoon snooze. The plan was we would all get into the lounge at 3:45 and Mike and Diana were supposed to get there at 4. They normally enjoy their happy hour there as suite guests, so they weren’t suspecting anything yet.
We got up there and quickly did a little decorating and moving around of chairs. I pulled up some sheet music of here comes the bride when I noticed a piano in the room- how fun would that be to play it when they walked in? But then I sat to practice and noticed it was some fancy electric piano thing. All I know is, I hit a few keys and nothing happened. So, we did what anyone would do which is Rich pulled up a nice version on YouTube. Sue and Jerry sat in the main lounge area, as suite guests they normally also enjoy happy hour there. The rest of us hid in the private room against the far wall to try to stay out of site. Before long, the doors flew open and we all yelled and Rich played here comes the bride! Hahaha.
The awesome lounge steward found hilarious glasses for Mike and Diana to wear and they did. Such good sports. We enjoyed hanging out there, sipping the good champagne and having a piece of the delicious chocolate cake.
Rich and Ginny have also been married 56 years - their anniversary was in February and in 2023, we were all together for it and my birthday on the Caribbean cruise.
Before long, everyone was off to the show and Jason and I had the charcuterie in Vines. Tomorrow we would wake up to central Argentina in the heart of Patagonia!
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