October 22,2010 - AT SEA Folks wonder if you can be bored on cruises with many sea days. The answer depends on what one enjoys. For example, I get up today at 8:00 am, shower and go to the Lido for breakfast. Coffee, fresh squeezed orange juice, mixed fruit and smoked salmon with cream cheese, capers, onions and cream fills my tummy. I head to the Piano Bar where the Cruise Critic Meet & Greet is scheduled. Since I am early I chat with the beverage manager and read my book until the crowd arrives, and such a crowd it is. More than one hundred people have signed up and I think almost all attended. Captain Mercer put in an appearance and gave a humorous talk and the Chief Engineer, Hotel Manager and Beverage Manager were
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