Today is Friday, 2/4/2005
We return to the cabin to deposit our T-shirts, there is still a line to get into the Windows Lounge, so we go back to The Grand Dining Room and just wait in line there. We suffer smoke inhalation for the first time. The wait is mercifully brief. We are seating in the main part of the dining room for the first time for dinner tonight. It is a little noisier here, or maybe because there are so many more people dining in The Grand Dining Room tonight for the Captain's Welcome Dinner. They are serving caviar and lobster tonight and there are several large tables with staff and officers at them tonight. We cannot judge the noise level because we have not seen this many people in the dining room before tonight and it is our first dinner in the main room.
I forgot to photograph dessert, but Debbie had a decaf cappucino (she saw it on the menu for the first time tonight, she has not been fond of the regular coffee) and creme brulee, I had a trio of ice creams. She did not care for the creme brulee or she is just getting too queasy. I finished it off for her. She commented that it was all about the brulee, I did not understand, and she pointed out that it was the thinnest layer of creme she had ever seen in a creme brulee, so the focus was on the brulee. I didn't notice, but yep, she's right, only about a 1/4 inch of custard.
Tomorrow is an early morning for St. Thomas and we are both hoping for a good night's sleep. We filled out a room service order for our wake up call. Tonight's movie is "Vanity Fair" and I fall asleep pretty quickly, Debbie stays up past 11:30 to see the whole thing. I am getting back to my normal sleep pattern of early to bed and very early to rise.
