Woo hoo Valerie, she really was awesome! By far the most energetic of the lot! VALERIE for the win!!!!

It is so hard to believe that we only have 4 days left, the sea days have been so wonderful. I thought I would get antsy but just the opposite!

Here are some deep thoughts by Karen (and we all know they won't be very deep!!)
The new coffee bar is just a fantastic idea. I really like how it is a meeting place for everyone in the mornings. I also love the 3 computers in the hallway, you get to see everyone while sitting out here!
I have been on the ship for over 2 weeks now and I am hard pressed to find anything to complain about. Service and food are both top notch, as good as I remember it ever being. We were trying to think of something to special order but we just couldn't because everything we thought of has been served already! I LOVE the pool deck lunch themes. So far, some of the themes have been German day, French BBQ day (huge prawns and filets on the grill) Italian day, fresh fish day(with Mike, the head chef, fileting the fish in front of you to cook on the grill) and several other themes that I can't remember. They really do go all out to make sure each theme is fun and the weather has been great so we get to eat outside each day. I have not been to Compass Rose once for lunch, I much prefer the fresh air!
Ok, here is my ONLY complaint for the entire cruise and probably only me would care but oh my word, give us more tv channels!!!!! 2 weeks of the bow view of the ship and it's stats, a documentary channel which shows really good programs but 3 days straight of Michael Palin's Sahara last week drove me nuts. And then our only other channel is Fox News but with the time change, we get this Fox News program that I guess usually runs in in the middle of the night in the states called "Redeye", it is really an odd show.

Then of course we have the 3 movie channels and the ships excursion channel. I would kill for the Discovery channel or the History channel to be added to the line up! I have no idea how the ships system works but 2 weeks of Fox news is driving me bonkers.

Other than the TV channels, I really can not think of one thing that I would improve with this trip. I wonder if the wonderful group of LCTers that we have on this trip has made the experience so perfect and I would bet the answer to that is yes. Good friends, perfect service and delicious food, what more can I ask for? Maybe the SciFi channel ;)
That's it for now, the deep thoughts well has run dry!