Sea Day - Exploring Norwegian Jade

Sunday, 5th October 2014
I had my watch & mobile's time paired with the local time zone. We woke up early after having a good night's sleep.

 

We woke up to find ourselves in the middle of the Adriatic Sea, and boy was it a gloomy morning!

  We had to be on board for 24 hours since boarding the cruise before we could reach our first      destination - Corfu.


There's no better day to kick start our day, if not with a good breakfast, before we started exploring the ship.

                                           This is our stateroom located at Deck 11.

Does that look like a mini tornado (in the distance) to you?

 

Our cruise fare also included dining which was always a plus point.

There were two main dining rooms, Grand Pacific and Alizar, both of which offered a beautifully crafted menu; buffet at Garden Cafe; and a variety of casual cafes such as Blue Lagoon & Great Outdoors; as well as grills and on-the-go choices such as Bali Hai & Topsiders Bar & Grill. 

Alternatively, you could widen your palette further and choose from the other six specialty restaurants for a cover charge.

One of the main dining room in Norwegian Jade - Grand Pacific.

This is the Stardust Theater - we were here every night after dinner for a bit of entertainment before we hit the sack.

There was also the huge library for those wanting a good read.                                      

And board game room with a limited selection of games.

At noon, we attended the Cruise-Critic roll known as the 'meet and greet' at Le Bistro, which was well-attended with many senior officers there.

It was nice to finally meet the representatives of whom we've been in contact with online prior to our trip and it was great to hear some of them share their experience on other cruise lines with us.

After all the eating that we did on board the cruise, I had to do a bit of exercise to burn off the fats. Can you spot me?

After that group exercise, we went ahead to enjoy our sinful lunch at Grand Pacific and feel a little less guilty.

                                We went wandering around the cruise after our heavy lunch.

Just look at the beautiful pattern the cruise leaves behind it - I can just stare at this all day long.

We appreciate seeing this little "germstar" outside every restaurant or cafe. We thought it was a great initiative and of course, we made sure to sanitize our hands before every meal.

                 
After a restful afternoon, we had a fantastic dinner at Jasmine Garden as we were missing Chinese food a fair bit.

And then, it was show time again!