World Cruise 2020

This is our last day of this big stretch of sea days that is necessary coming out of San Francisco.  From here on, it will be more like just one or two in a row in between ports, at least until we get to the crossing of the Atlantic in May!  I don't mind sea days - I just need to get over feeling like I should be doing something all the time. I made it to the fitness center early this morning, luckily since 2 of the 4 treadmills were not working.  Michael had a massage at 8:00 am so we went our separate ways until late morning.  Then we sat by the pool reading before a very good lunch at the pool grill.  Yesterday was a barbecue theme where we shared a table with Reggie and Deena from Houston.  They declared the barbecue to be good, so that's saying something.  Today it was Spanish day with paella and other Spanish items.  That, too, was delicious.  They started it off with sangrias they offered around the pool. After lunch Michael studie...

We turned our clocks ahead by 30 minutes last night.  There is an alarm clock in the room and the room stewards make the change for us when we're at dinner.  Somehow I think they actually put the clock ahead by 90 minutes because when we woke up it said it was 7:00 am.  So we skipped the fitness center and got ready for breakfast instead.  However, when it seemed like it was pretty dark for 8:00 am, I checked the time on the TV to see it was really only 7:00 am.  Today's lecture was about Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian explorer.  Then we had another kukui nut jewelry making class, this time for a necklace to match the bracelet.  After lunch Michael did another Italian lesson and I read by the pool.  Today was a banner day for my trivia team.  We got 13/15 which was good enough to tie for 1st place. We cross the equator later tonight, so they had the ceremony with King Neptune and the kissing the fish.  Silly, but a bit of fun.  W...