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Thursday 9 June – part eleven: a sign from above to take in the beauty of nature
The sun was starting to cast some wonderful evening colours on the sea and islands below by this time…
We literally sat on the loungers, enjoying shots of Bailey’s (we lost count how many we’d had ) and admiring the view. As we did, we noticed that the lounge seemed to be getting busier, and the noise level rising. There was due to be an ABBA music trivia quiz at 9:30pm, followed by their music at 10:00pm. The music trivia quiz was hysterical. They played 10 pieces of their music and asked people to name them. They were the introductions, with things like Super Trouper, which actually start with the name of the song although some people still didn’t get them all right. The five trivia questions were much harder though. I pride myself on knowing ABBA, and I only got three of them correct.
At one point, I was sitting up to get a photo of the sunset, and a woman walked up and asked if I was using all the lounger, implying I was being selfish by sitting up. Good grief woman – everyone on the other three are lying down, and now so I am!
After the music trivia ended, we had about 10 minutes until the music began, and for me, it was getting too loud, so I decided I’d head back to the room. My goodness, until that point, I had no idea how busy the place was. It was literally standing room only! No wonder it was so loud in here!
Mark stayed to finish his drink, and told me when I left, there was a near scrum for my lounger, with three people going for it, and apparently one woman fell off it! Now that I would’ve liked to have seen…
I had another reason for going back to the room. The sun had been setting, and casting more and more beautiful colours on the sea below. However, we were moving forward, and the sun was moving to the side of us, exactly where our room was. As soon as I entered, I knew I’d done the right thing coming back, as I was presented with this sight.
It’s just stunning, isn’t it? I stood there watching it, thinking Bill (LizardCop on the boards who was killed last September) must’ve sent it as a sign from above for me to just stand there and take in the beauty of nature. It was a truly fitting end to a great day.
Mark came back just as the sunset was finishing, and told me that the clocks were going forward yet another hour. Ok, so now it’s now just 10:00pm, it’s 11:00pm. Great! At least we’ll get some of this time back on the way home…
The weather today was dry with some cloud and some sun, with temperatures in the low 60s. The best thing today was just wandering around, exploring Stockholm. The worst thing today was the awful taxi driver we had on the way into Stockholm. Today we tried going to ABBA The Museum And the result was it was well worth visiting and was very well put together. The most magical moment today was the stunning views along the approach to Stockholm.
What a gorgeous sunset Bill sent your way! I'll bet that scrum for the lounger was a hoot to see, and can you imagine the lady asking if you were using all of the lounger. I guess she thought you would be willing to share with her. The nerve of some people.
Glad you enjoyed the Sky Lounge again for the most part, until it got too crowded and noisy! That's too funny with the lounge chair battle and I would pay to see something like that! Beautiful photos of the sunset and glad you were able to capture it!
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What a gorgeous sunset Bill sent your way! I'll bet that scrum for the lounger was a hoot to see, and can you imagine the lady asking if you were using all of the lounger. I guess she thought you would be willing to share with her. The nerve of some people.
Glad you enjoyed the Sky Lounge again for the most part, until it got too crowded and noisy! That's too funny with the lounge chair battle and I would pay to see something like that!
Hey, maybe we should suggest that for a future Celebrity cruise for their list of daily activities?
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) and admiring the view. As we did, we noticed that the lounge seemed to be getting busier, and the noise level rising. There was due to be an ABBA music trivia quiz at 9:30pm, followed by their music at 10:00pm. The music trivia quiz was hysterical. They played 10 pieces of their music and asked people to name them. They were the introductions, with things like Super Trouper, which actually start with the name of the song 
although some people still didn’t get them all right. 
The five trivia questions were much harder though. I pride myself on knowing ABBA, and I only got three of them correct. 
No wonder it was so loud in here! 
Now that I would’ve liked to have seen… 
That's too funny with the lounge chair battle and I would pay to see something like that! 
Beautiful photos of the sunset and glad you were able to capture it! 
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