Crab Shack

If I have one impression about the Royal Princess so far, it is that we have to wait in line for everything, from the elevators to the coffee bar. There is not a stairway amidships that allows us to get our stateroom on the eighth deck, so we either have to wait up to ten minutes for a very crowded elevator, or walk to the end of the ship for a stairway. I do appreciate the captain's emphasis on hand-washing, however. This afternoon at the International Cafe we met Vincent and Naomi, and discussed with them our photos of the ice caves in Iceland. I had noticed Naomi before. She looks as though she has had a number of facelifts. In fact, her appearance is just a bit strange. She is apparently in her fifties, and she is extremely thin. A section of the Horizon Court was roped off as "The Crab Shack" for tonight's supper. The waitress brought us eight large Alaskan king crab legs, about eighty boiled shrimp (no exaggeration), and corn and potatoes. We had a feast. Afterwards they brought us the Princess mousse chocolate cake and sang "happy anniversary" to us. Although it's not our anniversary today, we chose to use this cruise as our celebratory event. To top things off, there was a beautiful sunset, which I was able to photograph.Read more