Thursday December 24, 2015 - At Sea

I awoke about 8:15 and thought it was noon!  My watch had stopped at midnight so I was really confused.  We got dressed and Tim went to the gym and I went to get coffee and some muesli.  It was good.  At 10 am I went to the theatre to listen to the Enrichment Lecture on the Amazon.  It was great.

I returned to the cabin about 11 am and met up with Tim.  He decided to do lunch with me so we headed to the buffet – it was too hot outside, I thought.

We had a good lunch and then read on the balcony until 2 pm  We went to the next Enrichment Lecture at 2:30 and that was interesting.  It was about the attack forces during World War II…..Interesting stuff.

We had coffee and then relaxed on our balcony reading and Tim meditating.  We got dressed at 6 for the Captain’s Reception.  We went to the reception and saw Gemma and had a glass of champagne.  We had to leave early, at 6:30, for our reservation at Signatures at 6:30.

It was a great dinner at Signatures.  We started with champagne, Tim had fois gras and I had crab and avocado salad.  Tim had lamb shops and I had veal medallions.  Delicious.

We relaxed in the room for a while after dinner and then went to the Christmas Show at 9:45.

The very elaborate Christmas Show aboard The Regent Mariner

Christmas Show - Jamie and Gemma singing

The singers and dancers doing the 12 Days of Christmas.  They were excellent

The finale - we were right up front

We met Barbie and Ed, and John and Janet for the show.  It was a great production although we threatened Jaime that we were bringing him songbooks with the words from O’ Little Town of Bethlehem this year!  Next year we’ll bring numbered flash cards so Jamie can count from 1 to 12 on the Twelve Days of Christmas!

We left the show about 10:45 and headed to Horizons for a night cap.  There was a band playing and people were dancing.  We went to the cabin and bed about 11:30  A good first day on Regent Mariner.