December 4, 2022: Last Day at Sea

December 4, 2022 cjbishop@yahoo.com

This will be our last day at sea as we will soon reach our final destination, Cape Town, South Africa. It was another “bumpy night” as the fairly stiff winds have created fairly large waves which are hampering our progress. In fact when the captain gave his morning report he said that we have been experiencing a moderate gale” because the wind speed was 30-35 knots (35-40 mph), coming directly at us from the south. As a result he said we are currently 3 hours behind our normal schedule and will probably arrive 3 hours late into Cape Town. We have been on about 40 cruises and have never faced arriving that late.

The morning sea conditions. Although the waves were fairly large we hardly felt them, probably because we were headed into them rather than being hit broadside.

What it takes to feed the 784 passengers on this ship!

The Cruise Director and the Assistant Cruise Director doing their morning show.

Andrew, from our trivia team, working on a tough puzzle. There is always a puzzle being worked on during a cruise.

This is the puzzle people were working on. It was VERY hard!

It was another quiet day at sea. Yvonne is nearing the completion of reading her 4th book while on board and I continue my quest to earn enough Regent Reward points to get my ultimate gift- the converted Regent rain jacket!

A list of what you can get for your reward points. My rain jacket is within reach!

A geography lesson on how the continents were formed eons ago.

Long, long, ago this is how the world looked.

A lecture on South Africa and apartheid.

There is a French specialty restaurant on board but there is no French onion soup on its menu. That baffles me. I am fond of it and look forward to having some. It does occasionally appears on the lunch menu in the main dining room, and today was the day, so I voted we have lunch there. We did and my wish was fulfilled.

I finally got my French onion soup! It was worth the wait.

Pork slider special for lunch in the main dining room.

Lately cruise lines have encouraged talented staff members to put on a show for the guests. This usually occurs near the end of the cruise and today was the day, with their show (called Krew Kapers) slated as a pre-dinner event. It is usually a nice event with talented people performing and today was no exception. We had singers and dancers showing off their talents.

Another singer who also played a pretty good guitar.

Of course, someone needs to do the Village People YMCA routine!

The ship’s staff saying goodby and thanking us.

A special dinner was offered in the main dining room this evening because we are nearing the end of our cruise.

Lobster Thermidor was the featured dish.

Modern version of baked Alaska. I like the old version!

The evening entertainment was the final show put on by the singers and dancers of the Production Staff called ” Rockin Soul”, featuring songs by Tiny Turner, Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Alabama, and The Who- our kind of music! It indeed was a rockin time!