LAZY SEA DAYS ON THE CARIBBEAN/ATLANTIC-AND YOUTUBE CELEBRITIES PARODEEJAY!

Friday, April 8, 2022

Aboard Enchanted Princess—At Sea

Warm and Sunny

 

Sea days are notoriously lazy—yesterday we sat for hours on Deck 7 overlooking the sea, flying fish entertaining us as we sailed along.  Reading by the sea is a great way to spend a day. I have finished three books:

Patricia Cornwell’s Blow Fly and All That Remains and Jeffery Deaver’s The Devil’s Teardrop.  TK is quite content to watch the ocean and observe the people.

Chairs on Deck 7-very comfortable

Our view of the Caribbean

After a modest lunch, Lawrence, Donna, TK, and I played euchre again—this time Lawrence and TK were partners and they won both games. Pure luck, I say.  At 3 p.m. TK was off to the Veterans’ Get Together where most of the veterans were Navy, mostly Vietnam timeframe. He was able to have a nice talk with the veteran who was in the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Columbus just after TK. 

 

Coincidentally, TK spotted a Navy ship that may have been a destroyer off the port side of our ship about 4 p.m. on Thursday.  That was a very rare site.  

U.S. Navy ship  

Last night’s formal dinner featured lobster tails and escargot. NO escargot for me but TK and Lawrence liked it.  At dinner every night we have enjoyed the great conversations with Donna and Lawrence—great stories, great humor, great company.

 

When we were almost finished with dinner, I spotted Dee and Jay, the YouTube celebrities on board.  Despite knowing this would be an intrusion, I approached them and asked for a photo. They were both so gracious and accommodating and after the selfie visited our table to say hello to their #1 fan, TK! Donna watches their videos too!  It seems they are enjoying their Princess cruise.  According to their website, they started their YouTube journey in 2013. (parodeejay.com) TK has been watching their channel since the two years of Covid.

From their YouTube channel site--https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3uIzA5xowHSCIiu3LmPOeA

"We are Dee & Jay, a married couple who enjoys traveling the world, mostly by cruise ship. We also create travel tips, videos, parody songs, cover tunes, foodie videos, and a whole lot more. We love to share a smile whereever we go, and we hope you'll join us for some crazy, awesome adventures!"

Jay, Janie, and Dee

 After dinner we watched Man From U.N.C.L.E., a very entertaining movie.

Today will be more of the same, warmth, sun, wandering the ship, packing, and enjoying our last day before we arrive in Fort Lauderdale and fly home to Erie. What’s not to love about this life? 

About noon today  all four of us teamed up to have lunch at the Salty Dog restaurant on Deck 5, $18 per person fee.  TK was all about the Ernesto burger that had so much "stuff" on it--and only one thing on the menu appealed to me, a grilled cheese sandwich. Anyway I thought it was a grilled cheese sandwich. I should have remembered that cruise food bears little resemblance to how I cook.  

Isn't this a cute grilled cheese sandwich? 

It was grilled, and there was a razor thin slice of cheese inside.

Plus, it was tasty. Maybe this is the way I should eat.

They did not charge me for this--

TK's Takes:  It is amazing how many people are drinking heavily at 7 a.m. in the morning. more later---