Yesterday’s full day at sea made a welcome break from the an island a day routine, which actually, worked very well. On the open decks, it was humid but pleasant. Deck walking, however, was more of a chore than a pleasure; I was only managing perhaps one and a half laps at each attempt. Nevertheless, I am still exceeding my daily target each day, but this may change with the return to more realistic climes. I regard this extravagant return to the Caribbean as a good arrow and despite an almost identical itinerary, very little actually felt like a repeat; merely a worthwhile extension. The temptation to turn around and go back a third time remains. But instinct is telling me that is probably not a good idea! I am very comfortable in my sheltered balcony stateroom at the aft end of Deck 4 port-side.
St. Kitts looks to be very pretty with exciting mountains to explore, perhaps sometime in the (hopefully near) future. Jo and I are joining a Cunard Shore Experience this afternoon. The title of the excursion is Caribbean Cuisine and for the lunch, my recent intolerances are noted! Only recently has fish joined the litany of foods which make me feel ill. My side profile does not subscribe to my claims of food intolerances!
A high standard of evening entertainment prevails on Queen Mary 2. Last night, a former long serving member of The Drifters Roy G. Hemming, with two fabulously glitzy backing singers performed a superb repertoire of mainly Motown and classic Drifters hits to almost a full house. The atmosphere was party-like and the 45 minutes’ show drew to a close with the classic Higher and Higher. We managed one final lap of the Boat Deck in the sweltering heat (still) of a Caribbean night. I far prefer such nights to the icy cold of winter.
Today was our final arrangement of meeting in the Grand Lobby by the Purser’s Office at 10am. Except that both of us were later than the revised meeting time of 10.30. We eventually met just after 10.45 and got off the ship. St. Kitts is now familiar to me from my visit a month ago. Today, two cruise ships are in port, Princess Cruises’ EMERALD PRINCESS and Cunard’s QM2. I still can’t get enough of the latter, but I may feel differently as we get close to Southampton! Jo and I explored the plenteous retail opportunities and I came away with two nice decorative shirts.
Unfortunately, the Caribbean Cuisine Shore Experience was disappointing. The brochure promised something to be remembered with fond pleasure. At $90, it fell very short of expectations. This was a pity for two reasons. 1, St. Kitts was our final Caribbean port of call and 2, we got to see very little of this pleasant island. I did find the venue attractive and the sugar plantation house interesting, but being shown around on an empty stomach in very humid weather was far from ideal.
I decided to have an early night, almost straight after dinner, and forego tonight’s show.
We are now heading for New York where we arrive after three sea days. I am sad that the Caribbean section is behind us now. New York will be as exciting as ever; I’m not sure about Southampton. Hopefully, there are two days of soaking up the sun before the back-end of winter kicks in.
Many thanks for reading, David, 22.26hrs 4/3/22.
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