Day One Done

We learned today an interesting facet of memory. Some travelers share that one's first cruise ship experience is always their best. Subsequent cruises, when compared with the first, often do not measure up.

With nine years, several cruise lines and many ships now in memory, today's return to that ship first enjoyed in 2000 finds it looking, surprisingly, just like all the others.

One memory of our first visit on this ship came when Dan located his Lady Luck outside the casino. Later, we took the sunset as our hint that it was time for our first dinner of the cruise. Dan took Prime Rib and I had Penne Pasta with Snapper. For dessert we selected Chocolate-Caramel Toffee. Dan found it so rich that he couldn't finish. He had to leave a piece the size of a dog fart which, fortunately, was et by someone else.