We have been inside two mosques. If you look at the ones where I have the big black cape (Freddie or someone will know the correct name)...that is in Fujairah. That one, you just have to deal with men going in and no tissue or toilet lid, but the lids are outside if you look, and the men won't see you in the stall. Further, these flush, and if you brought paper, it would be fairly Western.

It was the grand mosque in Oman where it was a metal thing in the floor. What was yucky is there was so much water on the floor that removing the pants and all was not easy, and the lock didn't work, and I had already busted in on some man who didn't even have the door shut. These metal things in the floor don't flush.

Don't focus on it, just be prepared for it.

Last night was dinner under the Arabian stars. We don't like the pool bbqs on SS and told Shani so, and she did set up chairs for people that only wanted to see the show, but we went like we always do and had the usual experience. Todd called this a real step down, and I agree. First off, it was Dinner Under the Arabian Stars, not to be confused with Arabian Dinner Under the Stars. There was not a single Arabian dish, which was sad since the huge dance group was there with us all day.

Some people love these pool bbqs. I liked the way Regent did these things at lunch and how they focused on local foods. I did give Shani a long talk on this two days ago from the hot tub.

At any rate, I did eat one rib and some salad and fruit, and Todd had some shrimp and a rib and some rice. Oh, I had mussels from the paella, too.

The Arabian show had a few guests up there dancing with them. We didn't get any explanation, they just danced.

Afterward was the disco party, and people from 35 to 60 appeared out of nowhere, thankfully. The other nights, the lounges have had very low attendance besides the structured show. This was great fun with the social hosts, especially the European men's rendition of YMCA and a couple of others. Their involvement of scarves to get the women to move their hips after Shani left was most interesting. When they moved into salsa and cha cha, the Spaniards invited me out. I did my best, but after a few, my calves were hurting, and I retreated to my seat.

Sue, the two strawberries with chocolate have been my only chocolate. We are not dessert eaters, and I have had maybe 4 bites of meat the whole trip. I just eat fish and vegetarian items except veal the one time and that one rib. It is the wine. The variety is so good, and they go down so easy.

Today, they are offering so much that they had to use smaller print on the activities sheet. They have a bridge tour with the captain, several fitness and health lectures, regular enrichment, extra bridge lessons at all levels, French lessons, Italian lessons, Latin dance class, a culinary demo with the wine pairings, knitting, blackjack tournaments, two daytime shows from the night time entertainers, bing, Liars club and also all the regular stuff they do. I see Todd had marked his choices with a "T" by them, and they aren't what I was planning to do. He seems to have marked the points stuff. We really took home a lot of stuff last cruise, and we do want some more things. Last time, we had the most of anyone on the ship. That won't be the case this time.

They continue with Hannukah every night, as well.

They also have yoga and pilates every day and other fitness classes. I will post all the activity sheets when I get back, along with the menus that I have enjoyed having a day in advance like usual, lol.

Tonight, we are going to La Terraza for Italian. I am looking forward to that.