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Our first full day of cruising was relaxing. After being rubbed briefly with hot rocks the day before when we passed by the spa (they were doing little teasers for their services, so we sat and got about a three minute long hot stone massage each), Alec decided he wanted to join in on my already-planned massage, so we booked a couples massage for our first day at sea. We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast in bed, looked out on the balcony, got dressed, and headed up to the spa for our massages. Our tiny little Scottish masseuses were wonderful, and soon we were in full relaxation mode for the trip.

We spent some time reading up on top deck by the pool, enjoyed some fruity drinks, and then headed back to the room for a bit. We got back just in time for the Afternoon Show on one of the ship’s TV stations. Part of the show was a call-in trivia contest for prizes. Now, I have to preface this by saying we had tried an “Urban Myth” trivia earlier and had not won, but this sparked our desire to win a coveted Ship on a Stick. The Ship on a Stick was just a plastic trophy of a Carnival cruise ship held up from a base by a “v” of gold molded plastic. But it was a symbol of triumph! We made it our goal to win a Ship on a Stick. So, we started trying to call in to answer the trivia questions.

FINALLY, we managed to get through and answer the national sport of Canada.* By then telling Wee Jimmy, our Scottish cruise director, the name of the oldest Beatle,** we won the prizes! Our prizes were a bottle of champagne, a beach bag (which was good because I’d managed to forget the one I had right next to my suitcase), a rum cake, and a Ship on a Stick. Success!

After that, it was formal night on the boat, so we got all gussied up and went down to dinner with our dining companions. We were seated at dinner with two other young couples, one married and one who had been dating for two or two and a half years. Good dinner conversation. Delicious steak and lobster.

Then it was time to go to bed and dream of sea turtles and Grand Cayman, our port for the next day!

The towel animal for the night was an elephant! He was so cute that I couldn't use him, I had to put him over on the couch so he'd be there in the morning :-)

*Lacrosse (Bird knew)
**Ringo Starr (Baxter knew)
Team effort!