Day Sixteen – The Final Post.

The last day of any holiday is always a strange day, half sadness at leaving behind new made friends and a lovely ship balanced with a desire to be back at home.Sixteen days is just about long enough not too short but not long enough to get too home-sick. Cases have to be packed and left outside the cabin. There always seems far more to pack than we bought with us, and of course, the cases are not the only thing to put on weight.The diet starts tomorrow!!!!! Not everyone will have gained weight as there are two places on the ship where you can lose pounds. There is on-board a fully equipped gym with a number of running and cycling machines including ones that it looks as if you can do mountain biking on. In addition there is space for aerobics, weights and it is fully staffed for advice and personal training.         

I would like to say that I have spent a lot of time in here but in truth I’ve only just found out where it is. Next cruise I’ll take full advantage of the facility…HONEST! So, Rosemary , you do not need to put on too much weight on a cruise as long as you are sensible [I reckon I’ve put on around 10 pounds] Sylvia reckons that if they provided scales in each cabin then they would save a fortune in food when people realised how much weight they had added. The other place that you can lose pounds is the CASINO.

Not as big as the casinos on the American ships and doesn’t seem to get used as much, it basically consists of  slot machines, roulette table and a couple of card tables for Blackjack and Poker. I used it on a couple of occasions but had no wins to speak of.The other place that I haven't mention is The Planet Bar shown above, this is located at the back of the ship and features a large video wall showing HD photos of a different continent each day. Its very popular and the pictures are superb. 

And finally, despite an appearance by Noddy, The Village People won the progressive quiz,a terrific performance by all the team for the last nine sea days. And the prize………………………………………..

A BOTTLE OF WINE!!!!! Back home tomorrow when I will post my post-cruise review. Thanks for listening.