It's motu day and I'm just waiting for the first tender to go to the beach. We have had beautiful weather so far, and today is no different.

Yesterday was the Children of Raitea show. We had a front row seat. We really enjoyed the show. At the end, the 4 year old girl gave me a ring of flowers for my hair and gave my hubby a ring of leaves for his hair!

When we returned to our room, there were 2 glasses of champagne and a cake that read: Happy Anniversary, waiting for us. It was truly magical.

Last night was the Captain's dinner. We also sat with Mimi, the Asst. Cruise Director. She's really got a lot of life in her!

As we entered the dining room and went to the table, I noticed there were place cards with our names on it at each setting. When I discovered mine, it was right next to the Captain! What an experience I will always remember. He is a very down to earth gentleman and we had a lovely chat over the course of our meal. The food as usual was wonderful! As were the "many" glasses of wine. I couldn't count, because our glasses were never empty!

Sitting on the other side of me was a gentleman from Grand Circle Travel. I forget his name exactly, it was something Like Zacke? He said he was in Engineering and part of the refurbishment. The "cournsieres" club is now going to be rooms. They should be lovely. The rest of the ship will get new carpeting and furniture.

I find the condition of the ship to be really "top notch". The ship is full, but you would never know it.

We made reservations for La Veranda for tuesday night. I'll let you know how we like the french food.

Enough for now, gotta go to the motu and have hubby blow up our rafts!

Love,
Babs