We sailed away from Cannes late afternoon and got spruced up for the first Formal evening. All in our finery, we met for pre-dinner drinks at the Captain's Cocktail Party. Adam looked very dishy in his white tuxedo and diamond earrings. (Sorry Adam, is 'dishy' an acceptable adjective these days? - I've a feeling it might be a tad old-fashioned, but Carole and Jane will know what I mean!) And to reinforce his new James Bond image he chose dry martinis from the Captain's free bar!
The Captain, who sounds exactly like the Muppets' Swedish Chef, gave a short speech introducing the key members of his team and gave various statistics about the ship and the nationalities of crew and passengers. Quite interesting while the free booze is flowing.
Anyway, dinner was served and we found one of the Fred Oslen crew had been allocated to our table, just for tonight. Lydia works for the Excursions Department, and after introducing herself she announced - to loud cheers from us all - that she would buy the wine! We enjoyed her company (and the free wine) and hope that she may join us again at the next Formal evening.
After dinner we strolled down the ship to the Show Lounge where we watched dances and songs from 5 West End shows (but not Zorro), then up to another bar for MORE drinks and a quiz, after which all those members of our party aged over 21 collapsed into their beds.
More to come...!
Janet
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Zorro!! well thats good then as we trying to keep the audiences here in london at moment!
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