Friday Feb 27, 2026
Hi All! Today we had an unexpected sea day and we enjoyed it just like any other. We had pretty much our normal sea day routine except for one huge exciting addition that I’ll discuss later. But we got to sleep in, hit the gym, play passenger games, eat great food and see a great show. Life is good!
As to the games, we played Roll-A-Ball, Baggo (Officer’s Challenge), Top Toss, Golf Putting, and Paper Airplane Toss (new game!). We won four Regent points and lost to the Officers (badly!). But we love playing the games and meeting lots of people!
We had another amazing dinner at Compass Rose. The food, service and ambiance are all top notch. We are going to be soooo spoiled when we get home! For my appetizers I had the Chicken Fricassee and the Iceberg Lettuce Salad. For my main I had the Broiled Cod Filet. And I skipped dessert (blasphemy!).
After dinner we went to the show which was another Guest Entertainer. His name is Deryn Trainer and he’s from New Zealand. He’s a pianist, singer, and entertainer known for his “Piano Men” tribute show featuring Elton John and Billy Joel hits. He banged out many of Elton and Billy’s songs and was really good! We were dancing in our seats!
After the show we crashed since we have an early day tomorrow. We are at Lifou Island in New Caledonia and are really excited since we’ve never been there. Hope everyone had a great day!
PS: I teased about a huge, exciting event today and it was that we Face Timed with my grandson to celebrate his 6th birthday! We had bought him lots of presents and got to watch him open them and be part of his celebration! We miss that little guy and love him so much. Hate that we couldn’t be there but technology is great when you’re away from family!
The Wandering Italian 