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We all tasted rum cake at a store and then took the bus to the Crystal/Fantasy caves. We toured the Fantasy caves ($15pp), which was quite interesting. For our reward of going up/down 88 steps each way, we had drinks and nachos at the Swizzle Inn. Everything tasted great. The pitcher of rum swizzle was $22 and pretty strong. It started to rain again just as we finished our food. It lasted just a few minutes.


We caught the bus back to St. George and window shopped. I wanted to buy a few water color prints, but didn't see anything close to the ones I saw at the shop at the Fantasy caves. I should have remembered my motto, "If you see something and like it, buy it!" They were much nicer than the ones I saw in St. George. At the time, I didn't realize there were several local artists doing the same kind of art work.

It rained again! Time to get back on the ship.

Back on the ship and before dinner, we had drinks in the Michael's bar. This was a very nice bar. Gabriel, from Romania, made my cosmopolitans.

Another delicious dinner. I had the salmon, while Tony had the rack of veal. After dinner we attended the 60's Show. It was pretty good. It lasted about an hour and the singers/dancer sung various tunes from the 60s.

October 12th Thursday -- St. George, Bermuda on the Celebrity Zenith
This was our last day in Bermuda. Since it was an overcast morning, Tony and I decided to skip the beach. This helped us from having to carry bags, towels, and beach mats.

We spent the morning visiting the unfinished church, walked back Tobacco bay to Fort St. Catherine. We circled back and probably walked 2.5 miles total. The Fortress was interesting and included replica British Crown Jewels.

Back in town in King's square, we window shopped and I finally decided to buy three small water color prints. Tony picked up a couple of nice shirts for only $10 each. Everything else was pretty expensive. I looked at some jewelry but didn't see anything that I liked. After tasting the Rum Swizzle drink the other day, I wanted to buy some Gosling's black rum. We headed to the liquor store where we were told we couldn't buy any duty free liquor. We were told we had to purchase the liquor before 10am. We didn't know that. If it was in the Celebrity Today I didn't read it. However, we were able to buy it on board the ship at a very good price.

Celebrity hosted an Oktoberfest in the Fleet bar. The food wasn't that great and it wasn't all German food! I expected to see knockwurst and Wiener schnitzel. The potato salad was NOT German potato salad. Tony said the hotdogs were very good. I should have had lunch at the buffet area. I did win a Celebrity tote bag during the contest that was held. They were all questions about Oktoberfest.

Our ship left port at 3pm, so I wanted to be on a lower deck to take pictures. We hung out on the deck with the lifeboats. The afternoon started to clear up. Too bad we didn't have perfect weather, but it was still a nice visit to Bermuda. As we passed through the cut, we saw several people on the shore waving to everyone goodbye.

The evening was our second formal night. Tony and I never did get to have any formal pictures taken. We attended the Captain's club cocktail party with Mike and Maureen, as well ad Nick and Diane, who we met at the Martini tasting. Drinks were definitely flowing at this cocktail party! This time there was a larger list of drinks to choose from, rather than the usual wine and champagne, including Mai Tai's and Martini's. I had ordered a Mai Tai and 15 minutes later the waiter still hadn't returned with one. In the meantime I ordered one from another waiter, who promptly served it to me. About 10 minutes later, the original waiter came up to me and apologized for not bringing my drink. He had been bumped by another person and his tray spilled all over him. I had heard the crash and looked over. He had left and changed his shirt. I thought it was very nice he remembered my order and came to tell me what happened. I told him I understood and that I was taken care of.

My dinner was delicious (yes, every night was delicious - Celebrity did not disappoint me one bit with their food on this cruise): Chicken terrine, Caesar salad, and prime rib! The baked Alaska was served after all the waiters paraded through the dining room. The midnight buffet was soon after. I took a bunch of photos of the displays of food, which were beautifully displayed. Tony originally wanted to have some food but he was still full from dinner, so we headed to bed.

Friday October 13th -- Day at Sea on the Celebrity Zenith
Saturday was a relaxing day. We gained back the hour we lost the previous night, so we slept in. It was a day of packing, reading, and just hanging out on the ship. I sat out in the sun for an hour, and then headed in for lunch while Tony read his book in the library. By the time I finished eating, the clouds rolls in and the temperature dropped. I walked around the ship visiting the various areas. Back in the cabin I showered and packed my suitcase. It was much easier and faster to pack - just dump in suitcases.

We had one last round of sushi and drinks (at Michaels') before dinner: Beef tenderloin. A few nights before we asked the assistant maitre'd if we could have escargot and Crème Brule for our last night. He did. It was a great beginning and ending to our meal. We passed our tips to the waiter (Yusuf from Turkey), assistant waiter (Carlos from Honduras, I think), and assistant maidre'd (didn't get his name). They all did a great job.

Back in the room we finished our packing and went to bed.

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