We were waited on hand and foot by the crew

Cruise ships employ A LOT of people from all around the world. Where were about 2300 passengers on the ship and nearly 820 crew members taking care of us. What is that, a one to three ratio? Ship service is amazing. We had a cabin steward named Ricardo from the Philippines. Our waitress was named Marnell from South Africa (a darling red head no less with a delightful accent) and our waiter was named Marjan from Croatia. It was fun to chat with them and many of the other crew members who were waiting on us.














In typical five star hotel style, Ricardo cleaned up our room daily and folded down the sheets in the evening, putting chocolates on the pillow. He kept our room spic and span and paid attention to every detail that proved that we were staying in a swanky place. We enjoyed soft feather pillows, high thread count sheets and a down comforter for a good night sleep (although the bed was kind of hard.) And yes, the toilet paper had a coat of arms and it and the tissue paper were folded to a sharp point twice a day!















One day as we were going into the room, Ricardo was coming down the hall and said that there was a problem in our room and he was sorry he had to tell us about it, but he figured that we would want to know. He said that he had seen two mice in our room. They were on our bed. He called in the report to the take care of the problem, but he warned us that we might see them again. I was freaked out until I saw this...




















For the rest of the trip we played a little cat and mouse game, hiding the mice around the room in various places. Ricardo would hide them and I would find them and re-hide them. I took care of them once and for all when we left. Poor little mice!