Day Two - Brilliance of the Seas

We finally boarded the ship about 1PM.

Ruby is THRILLED

After a quick stroll around we headed up to the Windjammer to check out the lunch selection.

Strolling by the Lunch Selection

We were hungry, after all.

We checked on our dinner reservation, found our table in the dining room, met Mr. P, our favorite bartender,

Hello, We're Tanqueray & Tonic and Vodka & Water.
Nice to meet you.

and then grabbed a snack before the muster drill. We were hungry, after all.

As we sailed away from Venice, we enjoyed meeting up with some of the Cruise Critics and putting faces to the names we have come to know over the past few months. We also met Greig and Toria, who are now Honorary Women (and Man) Who Wine. While getting dressed for dinner, we snacked on goodies the captain sent. We were hungry, after all.

Too Pretty to Eat

Things get interesting here, folks.

A few of us got ready a bit more quickly than others, ahem, Q, are you ready yet?? The ready and raring to go ones headed back up to the Sky Bar to wait until our dinner time. At last, the late one finally arrived and was ready to eat. She was hungry, after all. However, one, and I am NOT mentioning any names, needed to make a pit stop along the way. What ever happened to Baby Jane, you ask?

Jeezy Pee - zy.

Guess who is not coming to dinner?

So, after much ado, the evening proceeded as planned. Some ate dinner, one ate humble pie. We were hungry, after all.

Not Humble Pie

Another unofficial Meet & Mingle at the Schooner Bar happened at about10PM. We met up with a few more folks, sipped a few cocktails, chatted, laughed, drank some adult beverages, listened to the piano player, met some more cruisers, and had a nightcap, or two.

The Camera is Straight...I Think I'm Crooked

Whew. Long day. Lots of new friends. A teensy bit of alcohol. A gazillion steps walked. Sure made us hungry. Good thing they were serving late night snacks in the Solarium. We were hungry, after all.

Who Says One Gains Weight on a Cruise?