Another Great Sea Day

January 11, 2021
Typical day at sea so you will know how busy we can be ---- doing nothing!

6:40 am --- I happened to see the sunrise as our bathroom picture window faces East.  The high temperature was expected to be 80 degrees and can't wait.

Breakfast in the World Cafe includes for me a lot of fresh fruit, a fruit topped sweet roll, a made to order ham & cheese omelette, and kiwi smoothie.  Always hot tea of one type or another!

9:30 am Guest Lecturer Barry Rock, a geologist and botanist, talkes about The Flora of French Polynesia.  He is a great speaker, especially since he does not take himsellf too seriously.  Yesterday was the geology of the islands.

I did not particpate in bridge lessons or the golf tournament.  I skipped a talk on the future of the EU.

11:00 We talked to the Future Cruise Consultant about availability of cabins on a Baltic trip we have already booked.  She can't  make any changes to a previous reservation but gave us good information on what was available.  Carol contacted our travel agent who then upgraded us to a suite.  The credit cards were charged and we may be doomed to always want to go first class!!

12:15 we finally won at Team Trivia!

We met new friends for lunch at the Pool Grill.  We were introduced electronically to Nancy and Lou by mutual friends from previous cruise.

4:00 pm Dr. Patrick Goodness began his series on The Gods of Polynesia.  Super lecturer because, again, I think he adds a lot of relatable humanity to a deep subject.

5:00 We met Nancy and Lou to get an idea of a Junior Penthouse Suite and they came to see our cabin for future bookings.

6:00 We enjoyed Munch Moments; while the string duo plays quiet music, famous paintings and beautiful photographs are displayed on an LED screen background of the main staircase.

6:30 We joined our new lady friends at the Chef's Table for an Asian style four course dinner with wine pairings.

We then all made our way to a second performance by Mark Donoghue which included a "loop station".  With this he plays and sings and his foot manipulate music which has just been played to act as the backing musicians.