Trips, Pics, and Tales

As all good first vacation days should be, this day is really just a blur to me. I know it was a Sea Day.  And I know I didn't take many pictures because I spent most of the day relaxing at the pool, which apparently I didn't take a picture of?  Not like me at all. But here's how I remember the day.... Keith and I got up and went to breakfast at the Solarium Bistro. See, now it's only our first full day and you can already see we have a trend here! After breakfast we went out to the pool deck, which I know can be crowded, but I love the way the Oasis class ships have their pool deck set up. Compared so some of the other cruise lines I've been on, I feel that they just do it well. There are three good size pools. When I say good size, of course I mean for a cruise ship, but there are chairs around the pools and the pools are spread out and the deck is wide.  Then there is the kiddie splash/play area.  There are a few hot tubs thrown in and the slides empty out onto...

After our day out on deck doing everything we didn't do all week, it was time to head back in to get ready for dinner. But on the way, we wanted to stop for a quick picture Dinner tonight was at Giovanni's Table, the Italian restaurant. Before dinner, we took a bit of a walk around the ship, just taking some pictures.  As the sun was setting tonight the sky was a really unique color, and everything around had this pretty cool hue.... The picture is blurry...but just look at the sky and the horizon! It's all so flat! And now it's dinner time! 5:30 reservations at Giovanni's Table. So, we made it through the entire week with our pre-set dinner reservations. It was such a challenge to decide  before  the cruise what time we'd want to eat every night! I know people who do the traditional dining do this all the time, but we never do this! As you see, we like the speciality dining, and we knew we'd have to make reservations in adv...