Bonney's
Vacation Sagas

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Spanish Steps

Breakfast for At Sea days was usually more like brunch or even lunch.

I attempted to play bridge in the afternoon with some duplicate players, but arrived too late to have a partner. It's just as well because I haven't played bridge since my lunchtime working days ten years ago. And I've only tried duplicate a couple of times, preferring party bridge that is more tolerant of my playing skills.

Lesley and I made another unsuccessful bingo win attempt.

We read a lot.

Then we just putted around and got ready for our early dinner.

This was the night Lesley and I signed up for the Mystery Dinner in the Portofino Restaurant (read that, pay extra to eat here) that started at 6:20 PM.

Unfortunately for me, it was the same murder skit as the only other Mystery Dinner I attended on another cruise with Katie. Different ship. Different sea. Different year. Even worse, I couldn't remember WHO DUNNIT!

Picked the wrong villain…again. I actually think they have the option for several different endings. Lesley was frustrated because the villain choice and the reason for the murder weren't logical. She fussed about that for a couple of days.

While each group at the dinner table discussed the murder, we had an excellent meal. My beef filet was delicious and the food was "pretty". We had a lot of fun.

Being this far north and near the summer solstice, the sun was up until 10:00PM and sunrise was just a few hours later. It's difficult to sleep when it's still light outside most of the night, but we gave it our best shot.