Grey Day at Sea

It’s a grey day and the sea is fairly subdued. We had a briefing for those disembarking at Lisbon. I guess that’s just 3 days away. Well the cruise will be over but I will still have a week before I return. Casablanca is our next stop and we will be there the longest; they have to accommodate two excursions that take about 8 to 10 hours. We arrive at 5 AM or so. We are doing a very confusing bit of time manipulation, which is bound to cause some problems. We will not change the ship’s time while in port but our excursion times will reflect local time, which is an hour ahead. I am always on time if not early so I am not worried. I took in the last few minutes of our “port expert’s” comments on Casablanca and Cadiz. I don’t think anyone has spoken to here yet. It was disjointed with inappropriate comments and “UM” between every other word. She also informed us that she was in Casablanca just three weeks ago. She was most moved by an ex-pat American’s bar/restaurant named… you guessed it, “Rick’s.” And she proceeded to tell us that the movie plays in the bar all the time. Then she went into trivia about the MOVIE!!! This poor soul has got to go. In our briefing this morning we were told we would receive a survey to fill out and they insisted we be as critical as necessary. I don’t think she’ll be working for HAL after this cruise.
Last night we had a Dessert Extravaganza! Every night around 10:30 they offer a late night “snack” for those of us who can’t sleep or are in need of nourishment or are just plain compulsive eaters. Last night they made every dessert in the book. They were displayed all around the pool for an hour before the feeding frenzy. I took lots of pictures. The Black Forest Cake was slightly better than the profiteroles. The pineapple cake was an excellent entree to the “pie-ella” a huge 4-berry pie prepared in a paella pan.
For “afters” I had assorted pastries and a pina colada.
We have a gala celebration of Broadway for our live show tonight.
The show was titled “Love Songs from Broadway, Costumes by Mackie.” The costumes were lovely the performances were good but as for "love” songs….”76 Trombones” is a love song?
Well, It’s 5:15AM. We dock at 7AM ashore at 8. In 24 hours I’ll be able to try out my GPS [TomTom] in Spain!