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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

New Business

I received these beautiful yellow roses today from Rehana, the Suite Concierge, because Ken told her I was a little bit sick with a cold. Rehana leaves no detail unturned. 

(Note: I did not have that gastrointestinal thing, and I did not have covid. I was not sick enough to go to the doctor. We brought a lot of Mucinex and Nyquil with us because I always get a cold. I am better now, Feb 2.)

We spent a quiet day at sea. I took a nap. We had lunch in the dining room. They had a superb menu - I wanted almost everything on it.

I had the Street Tacos and Spinach & Mushroom Empanadas. So good.

Ken had a Club Sandwich, and fries in a cute little basket.

We forgot to take pictures of anything else today.

We were notified by announcement and by letter that the ship will be deep cleaned and sanitized tomorrow while we are in port. The process will take at least 5 hours. Passengers are asked to leave the ship if possible during this time. Strict protocols continue to be followed in all dining venues.

Old Business

Yesterday, as our ship was leaving Puerto Quetzal, I happened to look back, and this is what I saw:

To my untrained eye, it looked like an out-of-control wildland fire. A few minutes later we were farther away but the fire was still going strong.

I tried to look it up on Google a couple of days later. Unfortunately, when I try to use Google here, I get Spanish Google. I did not find anything about a “fuego grande.”

Now I am going to answer some questions.

1) I did not purchase anything in Guatemala. Writing about it made me realize, too late, that I should have.

2) Most-Traveled Guest refers to the 40 guests on each Princess cruise who have spent the most time on previous Princess cruises. This is determined by the number of days, not the number of cruises. (But “days” actually means “nights.” If you take a 7-day cruise, it might go from Saturday to Saturday. You are actually on the cruise on 8 different days, but you sleep onboard on 7 nights.) The top 40 MTG’s normally get invited to a very fancy lunch with the captain and many other officers. Some times it is a cocktail party with “heavy cocktails.”

3) The butt-crack guy is a fellow passenger I have not had the pleasure of meeting.

4) I am attempting to create drama in this narrative by not revealing our destination.

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Today’s fabric is Painted Roses in Sugar, by Tula Pink for the Curiouser and Curiouser Collection.