The first sea day on this cruise.

At sea today, so a Gala tonight, that means a suit and tie for me and fancy dress for Shawna. This morning, we went to a coffee chat with the cruise director which was interesting.  Then later in the morning, off to hear more about ports and shore excursions that would be available on this cruise. 
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Sunset was pretty.  This is not our first time on this ship, Zuiderdam. ​

It is the same ship that took us on our Canada Cruise in September 2019, starting in Quebec City up the St Lawrence seaway ending in New York City. The ship went through some renovations since then. Lots of effort was made to upgrade the ship.

Before dinner we went to the mainstage which is the large theater at the front of the ship.  It seats several hundred and has both a main floor and balcony. First was the Captain's Welcome Aboard. After that we were able to enjoy some music and dance from the dance group Step One Dance Company.  They are six very good dancers.  Hopefully, we will see them again later in the cruise.

On the way to dinner, we saw another pretty sunset at sea.

Tonight was our first Gala and was very nice.  ​

The food as always is fantastic.

We then stopped by the BB Kings Lounge for comedy by Marc Yaffee before bedtime.