January 26 - At Sea
I neglected to answer the quesion about how old Cornelius is. He's the gentleman who is on his 20th World Cruise. I believe he said he was 85 - he was talking about the doctor offering him another knee replacement, but he said he wouldn't be here long enough to justify the cost. And since he's a Canadian, he meant the cost to the government. He said he was just fine with his cane, let a younger person get the knee.
The fitness center was full this morning so we showered and went down for a morning coffee and attempt to complete the daily Mensa quiz. I think we have 4/5 this time. After breakfast, a bit of lounging before off to the the day's lecture by Terry Bishop. Yesterday was a brief history of Hawaii and the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor - a lot to cover in 45 minutes. Today was the Doolittle raid on Japan. He's an interesting speaker and has a bit of the dry English humor.
Since the fitness center was now empty, we did a quick workout before lunch and a bit of napping for Michael and a lovely loll around in the hot tub for me. We sent out some laundry yesterday (another perk for the WC - free laundry service) and it was in our cabin when we returned. Here's a picture of how they returned my underwear and socks, wrapped in tissue and in a cloth box, like a present:
And my pajamas were on a hanger. Such pampering.
There's a giant "map" made of cookie dough, I believe, in the atrium which they update as the ship is going along. It started in Miami.
My trivia team got 11/15 again. At least we're consistent. We were invited to have dinner with the Chief Engineer, who is from France. Also at the table were our next door neighbors Tom and Kristi and a woman, Melissa, from New York, currently living in North Carolina. Afterwards we went to the show, a tribute to Burt Bacharach, which was a bit underwhelming. The singers weren't as good as we've seen on other ships, but they were enthusiastic.
The fitness center was full this morning so we showered and went down for a morning coffee and attempt to complete the daily Mensa quiz. I think we have 4/5 this time. After breakfast, a bit of lounging before off to the the day's lecture by Terry Bishop. Yesterday was a brief history of Hawaii and the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor - a lot to cover in 45 minutes. Today was the Doolittle raid on Japan. He's an interesting speaker and has a bit of the dry English humor.
Since the fitness center was now empty, we did a quick workout before lunch and a bit of napping for Michael and a lovely loll around in the hot tub for me. We sent out some laundry yesterday (another perk for the WC - free laundry service) and it was in our cabin when we returned. Here's a picture of how they returned my underwear and socks, wrapped in tissue and in a cloth box, like a present:
And my pajamas were on a hanger. Such pampering.
There's a giant "map" made of cookie dough, I believe, in the atrium which they update as the ship is going along. It started in Miami.
My trivia team got 11/15 again. At least we're consistent. We were invited to have dinner with the Chief Engineer, who is from France. Also at the table were our next door neighbors Tom and Kristi and a woman, Melissa, from New York, currently living in North Carolina. Afterwards we went to the show, a tribute to Burt Bacharach, which was a bit underwhelming. The singers weren't as good as we've seen on other ships, but they were enthusiastic.
Wow, you guys have really settled in to a very comfortable home away from home (emphasis on away...) Your travel/cruise experience has really paid off.
ReplyDeleteI truly admire your ability to meet people and especially your ability to remember names. This has always been my problem and is definitely not getting better.
I feel like we are along on the journey with you and will be well prepared when we cruise to Alaska with Susie come June.
Phil
Part of the reason I put the names here is so that I can refer back if I forget. We really make an effort to remember the names since we know we'll see them again. However, I always let them know that I'm bad with names and to please forgive me if I forget the next time. Most people say they have the same problem, so we're all in the same boat (groan).
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