Anne Marie with Caryn.
Keith with Caryn.
Afterwards, we dined at the Crystal Dining Room for the final night of this voyage. These are the dining room menus.
We enjoyed another wonderful meal in the Crystal Dining Room.
We began our meal with Tuna Tartare which Head Waiter Augusto made for Keith table side and a Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail for Anne Marie.
We each had salads for our next course and for the Entree Anne Marie had the Sea Bass which was one of the modern day menu entrees and Keith had the salmon from the classic side of the menu. The Sea Bass was prepared differently than earlier on this voyage and Anne Marie enjoyed the taste of the sauce which accompanied it.
For dessert, Anne Marie had the same dessert she had the night before which is one of the sugar free desserts and Keith had mixed berries.
We slept well last evening. The seas were very calm and we didn't have very far to go. Keith was up first, did some laundry, read, wrote and worked out for awhile. He made his stop to the Lido Cafe as well.
We also walked before we had breakfast.
This morning we arrived this morning at the port of Civitavecchia which is the port that serves Rome. It is located about sixty minutes from Rome and then to get downtown it can be upwards to another thirty minutes depending on traffic.
During the course of this cruise we traveled a total of 2,819 nautical miles or the equivalent of 3,241 miles as we made our way from Southampton, England to Civitavecchia Italy.
While today marks the final voyage we will be on the Serenity it was an exciting day as our son, Eric, and our daughter in law, Kara, arrived to the ship to sail with us until we reach Istanbul. This is Eric's fourth sailing with Crystal as he has sailed Crystal Harmony (2002), Crystal Symphony (2003) and Crystal Serenity (2010) previously. This marks Kara's second time sailing with Crystal as her first time was on the Crystal Serenity in 2010.
This morning was a busy morning as we had to change rooms. We had booked this final voyage about one year ago and not only was our room not available but all of the rooms in our category were not available as well. Rather than go with a wait-list we went with a larger penthouse as we could get a specific room that was to our liking and we thought that the additional space would be desirable when Eric and Kara visited us.
A photo of Keith before we moved rooms wearing the new Crystal Cruises Logo Shirt that we purchased on the first night the Crystal Stores were operated by a new company. The new stores feature all new brands and types of merchandise including the new brand new logo wear items.
The original plan was for the bellmen to be sent to our room to move all of our items. However, as it turned out our butler, Rao, moved everything. The new room is right above our original room so that was a big help. We got into our new room earlier than we thought we would and by the time Eric and Kara arrived to the ship we had everything in its proper place.
We want to share an example of how wonderful the crew on Crystal is. Early in the cruise we were asked if we wanted to try out a new mattress that Crystal might purchase in the future and we said we would be happy to do so. We really liked it so they left it in our room. For today's move, we never thought of asking them to move it for us. Our Stewardess came by the room after we had breakfast and said they were going to move the mattress to the new room since we liked it and asked what time would be a good time for that. We said anytime was good and a few minutes later two other members of the crew came to move the mattress. Wow!
Eric and Kara's embarkation was perfect and their room was ready early too. Keith met them at the reception desk and after they were checked in, he brought them to our room.
We had lunch in the Crystal Dining Room with Eric and Kara.
Afterwards, Keith spent time with Eric and Anne Marie spent time with Kara. Then they spent time getting settled in their room.
This evening they will join us in our room for a pre-dinner bon voyage toast and then we will be dining in Prego.
TODAY'S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY…….
"We are so very happy and excited to have Eric & Kara for us for these final days of this journey." - Keith & Anne Marie
Keith & Anne Marie
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