Report #47 Day at Sea December 11, 2019 Wednesday Mostly sunny & 79 degrees

Today begins the start of a seven day run from French Polynesia to San Diego, California.  The weather could not have been better too.  Even though we are still south of the Equator, there was a noticeable difference with the humidity.   It was mostly gone, and the breeze was most pleasant without it.  We are so used to the California heat, but humidity is something we have a hard time getting accustomed to. 

 

The ship's itinerary was full of things to do, except for us.  We had plenty of catching up to do with the internet work.  The connection today was up and down, and we think it has something to do with the direction we are headed, which is mostly north at the moment.  We are afraid in attempting to send the photos, they may have repeated over and over.  Sorry about that, but it was out of our control. 

 

There was a kitchen tour once again for those who may have missed the first one.  It is always nice to see what goes on behind the scenes.  We guarantee it is a whole lot of organized work for many crew members on this ship.  And with the right direction, it has gone off like clockwork.  Serving so many meals a day has to be the greatest challenge on this ship.

 

Group games continue to be popular during the day.  Trivia is held at 1pm, and again at 4pm.  Another fun activity has to be the game Call My Bluff at 8:30pm in the Explorer's Lounge.  When we left the dining room after dinner, people were hooting and hollering with laughter as the cruise director, Justin, led the questions.

 

Speaking of dinner, we had simple entrees tonight.  One was a spaghetti dish with pancetta, and the other was the alternate salmon with dill and capers.  The time has really arrived to begin cutting down, even though we did leave a bit of room for desserts of a tiny cake and one peach cobbler.  They are just too tempting.

 

Philip introduced us to our new waiter for the world cruise tonight also.  He will be taking over where Slam left off.  His name is Wira, and is definitely familiar, and although he never waited on us, he seems to know our entire group that will be here in January.  

 

The entertainer for this evening was a sax virtuoso, Akos Laki.  He played some really smooth melodies that the crowd enjoyed.

 

And the clocks went ahead one half hour tonight.  Now we only have one hour left to go ahead to be on Pacific time.

 

Bill & Mary Ann