DAY 61 - DAY FIFTY THREE ON THE CRYSTAL SERENITY

We wanted to begin with a few photos taken during the second segment of the World Cruise.

Last evening before dinner we attended a World Cruise Around the World Event at the Officers’ Quarters which include the Captain’s, Hotel Director’s, Chief Engineer’s and Vice Captain’s Quarters. 

The themes were Japan, China, South Africa and England.

World Cruise Hostess Stacey and Cruise Director Rick with Anne Marie.

Ross with Anne Marie.  He had Vodka with some mixers.

Assistant Cruise Director Scott.

Afterwards, we went down to the Crystal Plaza and sat with friends John and Linda.

We were back in the Crystal Dining Room for dinner.

We began our meal with an appetizer.  Head Waiter Augusto made Keith Tuna Tar Tare and Anne Marie had Shrimp Cocktail.

We each had a salad.  Keith had his standing order salad and Anne Marie had a Caesar Salad.

We both had Halibut as our entrée and we shared various vegetables.

For dessert, Keith had his usual mixed berries and Anne Marie had a sugar free Brownie with Ice Cream.

Javier our Sommelier prepared both a white wine and a red wine for us.

We had a great time and we enjoyed a lot of great laughs with the fabulous wait staff.

We slept very well last evening.  The seas were very calm as we sailed to our next port of call in Chan May, Vietnam. 

As usual, Keith was up first and he worked out at the Fitness Center.  He was back on the Elliptical Machine with his longest workout on that machine since a few weeks ago.    Afterwards, he had coffee at the Lido Café and he brought coffee back to the room.

We went on a nice one hour walk and we walked on the Promenade Deck.  When we began our walk it was light jacket type of weather but as the sun began to rise it started to warm up.  There were four security personnel on the Promenade Deck watching for anything suspicious such as small boats.  We also saw the Pilot Boat.

A short while later we had breakfast in our room.

We did not go into port nor take any excursions.  Previously we have done a couple of different tours including visiting Da Nang, and China Beach and other historical sites and we didn’t think it made much sense to return.  Instead, we just enjoyed the ship, other than Keith going onto the pier and stopping off at an area where items were being sold.

We sat in the Crystal Plaza and ended up speaking with several guests and crew members.

Later we had lunch at the Lido Cafe and we each created our own Salad Entree.

In the afternoon, Keith played Paddle Tennis for two hours.  The weather was great and he really enjoyed who he was playing with and the games.

Anne Marie walked and then she worked on her knitting.  She has also purchased additional knitting kits so she has enough projects for the remainder of our time on the Serenity.  She also picked up another needlepoint kit and is enjoying doing the needlepoint as well.  Keith met up with dear friend Bob as well.

We made a sea day of today and it worked out perfectly for us.

This evening we are back in the Crystal Dining Room for dinner.

"Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."  - Mother Teresa

Keith & Anne Marie