Sunday - New Years Day- At Sea

Its our last day.

So, we have to say goodbye to everyone and everything on the ship.

Including, as above,  our gorgeous Steward heroes,

 Alim and Gede (G'day, he loves that Aussies call him that), 

I miss them!

 I took this  photo just outside our cabin door, we were right near the forward  elevators, 

which is nice and close when your feet are hurting, 

not so good when everyone leaves a show at the World Stage  at once. 

then you can't get a spot in the elevator!

("Um Graham, lets go and have another drink in the bar and wait unit he crowd clears", says Kim)

 Our cabin was 6044. Upper Verandah deck.

Here below is my card with its pink sparkly lanyard.

 Above, this is in the elevator. 

Oh dear, I do take photos of  reflections of myself , and there I am once more,,,

  (Notice the mask I'm wearing.  We had to wear masks in all areas, unless in your room. Or if eating or drinking, which I thought was a conspiracy to increase the guests booze bill ).

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So, its goodbye to the observation deck

When we were on one of our fist sea days  we met a lovely couple in the observation deck, Toby and Suzie from Canada,

Suzie and Toby have been on this ship for over 80 days. 

Really, 80 days, geeze? 

And they were on this ship in 2020 when no port would let them land due to the first round of covid.

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Goodbye to the Lido deck,

Goodbye to the Lido Market...

Then the crew said goodbye to the guests

With a song.

Goodbye cabin..

Our last entertainment of the cruise was the final classical performance in the Lincoln Centre.

For these performances, you had to make sure you arrived early or else you couldn't get a seat.

This was the musicians last performance as their contract finishes at the end of the cruise and they will be returning to their homes in various parts of the world.

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The Noordam will sail again the same day we arrive in Sydney, back to NZ but a shorter cruise and going the opposite way around. Then I believe they do NZ again and again and again,  until they cross the Pacific to Alaska for the northern summer. 

We'd very much like to do a cruise to Alaska, maybe one day.