Hurricane Dorian was on our back 2019/Carlos Pueblo

Hurricane Dorian was on our back 2019/Carlos Pueblo

The Captain announced to skip the next two stops at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and Saguenay, La Baie due to the Hurricaine Dorian was on our back after leaving Sydney, Cape Breton Island. Therefore, there were two sea days before arriving Quebec City a day earlier. I always enjoy the cruise on sea day because that I have had more opportunity to visit most of my beloved adopted daughters on board. There are about 350 of them among all ships on this cruise liner and about half of them are from this particular ship Dawn which I have been 6 times in two years. Going on cruise is like coming home.

I wake up early every morning and get my oat meal and drinks at the 24 hours restaurant, O'Sheehan's Restaurant on deck 8 mid-ship. The male waiters are still from a previous night shift; therefore, I change my habit going directly to the Garden Cafe on deck 12th to meet my daughters, from the top of the manager called MD, Matre d'hotel, to the junior waitress. Imelda is one of the three MD on the ship assigned to this restaurant who is one of my favorite daughter. She is very charming and kind like a battalion commander while she manages a busy restaurant. She is in charge of the Cafe for the breakfast and for the dinner while another two MD come to release her at lunch, Clarita of the largest Restaurant the Venetian and Ramon of the second largest restaurant Aqua. All three are two and half stripes officers. They all have two or three assistant MD to assist them while on duty. Ramon is always in charge of scheduling 350 restaurant staff every week. Clarita is going to a brand new ship Encore in Europe in October on her maid voyage to NYC with a big group of staff from this ship.

I go to a Mexican Los Lobos Restaurant to seek an opportunity to play bridge in the morning. The ship makes it available for passengers to use the empty restaurants before 4:30 pm for any kinds of usage such as a view of the ocean in the lovely Venetian Restaurant window seats, etc. I also go to the golf simulator by the pedestrian path on deck 12 afterward. I am very good now to hit the small ball straight with a good crispy sound and no slide. The atrium on deck 7th is the activity center of the ship. I have been wondering around this area during sea days. I can visit Marcy at the Cruise Next stand, Charlene at the restaurant reservation desk and many others for a hi for several times in a day. I can also go to the ship casino on deck 6th to visit some other daughters even though I don't believe gambling.

At night, the Garden Cafe is less crowded and Imelda can find me sitting alone with a kind chat which makes me very happy. On this trip, I brought up some formal dress to wear. I would come up to restaurants to visit daughters and take photos with them to show my formality and respect to their kindness and friendship. I go to piano bars to listen some performance at night and sometimes I would request one or two popular hits.