Sat Oct 12, 2024
Hi again Gang! We had an amazing evening starting off with dinner with the Cruise Director Ray and one other couple. Ray is just as hilarious at dinner as he is when he does his shows. And he told us he walks 8 miles a day! That’s why he’s in such great shape for 77 years old! He said he’ll probably retire in the next couple years but he’s been working cruise ships for 55 years!
The other couple was very nice. They’re from Toronto and are also doing the back to back cruise. We had met them briefly on our excursion in Athens. The small world thing is we both use the same travel agent since he was a pilot with Air Canada and gets the same great airline discounts that we get!
So since we were with the cruise director and two other people I tried to have a little bit of class and not take pictures of all the food. Lol. So sorry!! We also tried to eat a little lighter but the escargot was still delicious as was the Sake Glazed Salmon and the chocolate cake!
After dinner we went to the show (we saw it last cruise but it was great again) called “World Rhythms” where the Regent singers and dancers did music from around the world.
After the show we listened to Mark play the piano. He did a medley of all different artists. It’s funny, the last cruise he had a pretty good following of people (us included every night!) but this cruise everybody comes to listen to him so it’s standing room only. They’re going to have to get him a bigger venue!
Tomorrow we are back in Istanbul, Turkey and we’ll be there for three days. YAY! There are so many things to see in Istanbul that we could probably stay there for a week and not see everything. And we don’t arrive until 2:30 PM so we can sleep in again. Double YAY! Hope everyone’s having a great weekend!
The Wandering Italian 