Today we are in Sydney. The weather is suppose to become very windy this afternoon so the Captain has decided to anchor and not dock as Sydney has no tug boat and we would be stuck here until the winds died down. Last night we had decided not to take the tour so we turned our tickets into the desk on our way to cocktails.
We had our before dinner cocktails up in the Galileo Lounge. We threw them a curve ball by ordering our blue cheese stuffed olives. So it took a while for our drinks to come. The man at the table next to us got worried for us. Nice that he was concerned.
We had dinner in Compass Rose. I had the lamb chops while Bob had a rib eye steak. We started with a blue crab dish and then the Caesar salad. And strawberries for dessert. All quite good. Then we returned to the cabin to watch football.
After breakfast this morning, we returned to the cabin for about an hour and then up to the pool to do our exercises. The pool was not as warm today. I think they turn off the heaters over night and then turn them back on in the morning so if we want warmer water, we need to exercise later in the day. But we got it in and now feel great.
The weather is becoming more cloudy and windy so we will not be going into the town as we planned. We have been here before so it is fine to skip this time.
After lunch and our nap, I headed up to Galileo Lounge and worked on my needlepoint. The group gathered a little later. I met Matt. He is a dancer from UK. Has been doing this for several years. He started working on NCL but now with Regent. He is married to another performer. They spend the time off the ship in either the UK or Canada. When the dance company started working with Regent, he could not believe he would have to run needlepoint. But now he loves it. Very relaxing. While with NCL they had to do three show a night and then a night off and then three shows the next night. Here on Regent, only one show with four different shows per cruise. But they run the games, bingo, etc. while on Regent. He says he likes this because he gets to meet lots of guests and he could not do that before.
Returned to the cabin to clean up for dinner. We went back to the Galileo Lounge for cocktails and the service up there is slow. We remember that before, the wait staff would offer you second drinks. Maybe they are cutting back on alcohol. Who knows.
Dinner in Compass Rose where we had a nice table for two. I had the P.E.I. mussels and then prime rib. Bob had a chicken dish. All again, very good. When we returned to the cabin, she was making it up so we went to the Navigator Lounge and had an after dinner drink. Then to the cabin and read. The football game did not come on until 9 something, so we just read and then lights out.
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