First, last night we bought some portraits from the best
pose the from the dress up dinner,
Dinner was good again Most had prime rib I had pork chop. After dinner I decided to enter the $25
blackjack tournament but we went to the comedy club for a while first and it
was too early for the Follies show,
The blackjack tournament is that the top 7 qualifier advance
to finals scheduled for 10:30. You get
2000 chips to bet for a total of 7 hands.
I won about 5 out of the 7 but for the last hand I bet everything and
hit A-J for blackjack paying 3-2 and ended up with $6900 taking over top spot
by 900 so I was in good shape for the finals.
In the meantime we went to the ship entertainment who was
Phil Brown a black entertainer from London who in an open audition won a part
in the Lion King at Lyceum Theater in London and gave up his employment as a
double deck bus driver. His range and voice was superb and he was an excellent
entertainer. The ship flys in
entertainers and then uses the resident cast for three shows. After the show we still had almost an hour
before the finals of Blackjack, but it was right near the poker table so that
worked out….not the poker but the time passing.
Anyway there were 7 players I got third and received a polo Shirt and a
t shirt for the Carnival Players Club…..just what I need another poker shirt.
The two ahead of me qualified for the Season Finals on another cruise ship out
of Fort Lauderdale November 9th and the winner also received $500.
Charlotte and I felt the boat docking at 6 but did no get up
until 9. Ate at the Lido deck and
decided to explore the seaside side town and beach. Most everyone including Marlene and Lyle left
at 6:30 for a 12-14 hour day riding a train to Berlin (126 miles) to see the
sights there. It might have been an
option but the cost of the train ride w
as $200 per person plus tour guides etc.
option but the cost of the train ride w
as $200 per person plus tour guides etc.
So for about 20 Euros of trinket shopping Charlotte and I
walked the town of Warnemunde. I have
included some pictures. It has a beach,
lots of shoppes, restaurants, and several hotels. The city has a very thriving economy for
Germans to enjoy the shore, ( a great model for Sneads Ferry/North Topsail
Beach). The center of town has a 365
foot lighthouse built in 1898 several hotels, and a very wonderful beach (sand
grain size over 32mm, for my sand experts).
Supposedly there is nude bathing but we did not get that close.
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