The seas got rougher through the night, which is not what we had hoped for. For some reason, one of us does not have the "sea legs" to weather the motion of the ocean. Good thing there are seasick pills because one of us had to take some today. By the way, it worked.
When we left the Pinnacle after another nice breakfast, we stopped to talk to our hosts Cyndi and Pat, who are set up outside the Wajang Theater. They had gifts for us. We each got a tiny light that was attached with a clip to read books at night. That will be most useful even at home. Then when we got back to our room, the dreaded fan was running full blast once again, drying out the carpet. This makes 16 days of wet carpet so far. Another room further up our hallway has had the same problem according to hotel manager Glenn. In fact, he discovered a leak outside his office and now has buckets and dryers there like us. His replacement manager, Florin, boarded in Rio, so they hope to resolve the source of the leak soon.
We had so much computer work, it took most of the day to do. While one of us caught up on reports, the other took a long walk on the closed promenade deck. The rolling of the ship made walking difficult if not dangerous. Glad I stayed behind. Honestly, attempting to walk with the ship moving like this causes more tweaking of the joints, especially your knees. Much better to wait until it calms down. Perhaps that is why some people like to go to the gym instead.
Captain Rens came on with his talk saying that the seas were rough. Duh… We have 650 nautical miles to reach Punta Del Este, Uruguay in two days. It will take a speed of 15 knots in seas with swells of 9 feet. He suspected the waves will calm down, but we don't believe it. He cautioned all to be careful inside and outside. The temperature was a much cooler 73 degrees with partly cloudy skies. No rain. And the humidity dropped to 54%, a noticeable difference and much more comfortable. It almost got chilly sitting outside on the veranda.
This evening was formal with a theme of The Great Gatsby. Guests were invited to dress the part with feathers and headbands. The real festivities began at 8:30pm in the Crow's Nest. They promised a night of jazz, libations, and dancing with Roaring Twenty's tunes with the Dam Band. We often wondered if everyone chose to go there, where would they put them all? Not a problem for us, we were still eating dinner at that starting time. The menu was supposed to be formal, but from what we saw, not much was fancy about it. We used to see caviar on toast points or escargots. We have yet to see either of those on the starter menu yet. They did have bacon-wrapped scallops, which one of us tried. We both had Caesar salads and one of us had the chicken soup. The choice of soup happens to be better when you are a little seasick. Our entrees were the tiny lamb chops, but with the salmon sides of green beans, carrots, and rice pilaf. Rack of lamb might have been better, but lamb was still the better choice. Their featured main was polenta and cheddar crisps, a vegetarian choice. A new addition? Only one of us had dessert of a lemon tulip, which was a drop of lemon meringue filling in the center of a filo dough crust. If we went to the Crow's Nest, we could have had the chocolate surprise. Nothing more is said because then, it would not be a surprise. One of us steers clear of anything chocolate at dinnertime because it causes insomnia sometimes.
There was a singer performing in the World Stage by the name of Tenna Torres with "Soul Serenade". And a movie was shown in the Wajang – Wolfs.
One more lazy day at sea before we reach Uruguay.
Bill & Mary Ann
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