What a difference a day makes. The last few days the seas were rough and rolling, and today, they leveled out and we are all appreciating that. It makes getting around the ship a whole lot easier. Even the clouds had about disappeared and the skies were mostly blue. The air remained warm with the temperature of 77 degrees and it was even hot in the sun at the Seaview Pool. There is a group of maybe a dozen sunbathers that come back there about every sea day. They are determined to keep their tans at least for a couple of weeks or so.
Today we had another Safety Drill, even though we did this exercise in the beginning of the month. It was for the entire ship and began at 1pm. As we stated before, it has been simplified to a very easy chore, as we do not have to lug our life vests along. The first group was called from decks one, four, and five. Then the rest of the passenger decks proceeded to go at 1:30pm. We decided to go down to deck three 10 minutes early, and found there was no one in the elevators, as well as no one in the line to get our room keys checked. All in all, the drill took us no more than 10 minutes. Then by watching the safety video on our room TV, the regular programming resumed. Easy peasy…..lemon squeezy.
Kimberly gave her talk on the first port of Ishigaki, Japan, at 10am. We are sure she had a full house. We intend to watch this on our room TV and be able to take notes. This will be a new stop for us, so we shall also be doing some Google research. It has been many years since we explored a lot of Japan…perhaps over 20 years. One of the more recent world cruises did do some of Japan and Korea, but the stops were minimal. As long as we have the local currency (Yen), we will be able to get around just fine.
After a relaxing day, dinnertime arrived. The "dressy" theme was A Night of Music, with a menu that reflected some of the old time songs we know and love. Bottom line……it was the same appetizers and entrees with fancy names. However for one of us, there was a treat of the veal cutlet or the giant veal chop that was on the Club orange menu. Trying to keep things lighter, one of us had the cheese tortellini. Adding a tomato soup and a Caesar salad, the meal was complete. Well almost….a dish of fresh berries with a scoop of ice cream, and a slice of chocolate cheesecake that was really cake finished our meal.
And the clocks went back one hour tonight, not last night. There was no explanation as to why we delayed the change for a day. Doesn't much matter when you are at sea we guess.
The entertainment was one show at 9pm with the String Trio, Rolling Stone Lounge Band, the Billboard Onboard and the grand Voyage Band united to wow the guests in the World Stage. We learned that there was a crew party tonight, so that is probably why the show was early and at one time for all. Our waiters were excited to attend as soon as they finished their duties. They deserve it.
Bill & Mary Ann
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