TransAtlantic Crossing Day 1

I should probably title this footprint as Day 1.5 of the crossing since we left Great Stirrup Cay at 3:00p yesterday. But why complicate matters. Day 1 it shall be.

We love days at sea. They seem to go by way too fast, however. Today was no exception.

I’m not going to go into all the routine stuff in these crossing footprints … breakfast, relax, lunch, relax, dinner and a show, bedtime. Just assume that those activities are part of each day of the crossing. You can also assume that as long as the weather cooperates, all relaxing is done on the veranda.

So, what will I write about? Things we do that are outside our routine. If we didn’t do anything different? Well, that footprint will be rather short now, won’t it?

Today was a day of pampering. We both had massage appointments to start off the day. 75 minutes of deep tissue bliss. Afterward, I remained in the spa for a mani/pedi since my appointment for these grooming necessities went by the wayside when we left Colorado Springs three days ahead of schedule.

Dinner was very much a special event. Cella, the Oceania Club Ambassador, wined and dined us at Toscana, one of the two specialty restaurants on Insignia. We met Cella in 2018 … on a Mediterranean Cruise aboard Riviera. She was also the Club Ambassador in 2019 when we did a rather lengthy cruise on Nautica that took in the Baltics, Norway, Northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland, and more.

Joining us for dinner were Joy and Ed, who are on the ship for the full world cruise. We had a delightful evening. The food was delicious … as it always is in Toscana. The conversation did not have any uncomfortable lulls. And in the “small world” category, turns out that Mui and Joy were both at the Homeland Security Department at the same time, but never met … until dinner tonight.

We wrapped up our day with a surprise bottle of wine sent to the cabin by Julio, the Executive Concierge on Insignia. We met him on a previous cruise as well and enjoyed his company. We stopped by to bid him good day earlier in the day and he reciprocated with the wine.

Speaking of the wine, we’ve now got five bottles to finish before we get off the ship … three bottles of bubbly; two bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon. All courtesy of someone at Oceania. We usually receive a bottle or two, but five is a record. Methinks we have some drinking to do in the days ahead.En savoir plus