2-10 At sea

2-10 At sea

The next 7 or 8 days will be pretty similar, so unless you're interested in ship life, you can probably skip the next few entries and catch up with us in Africa – where life will really get exciting!

Got a head start on the day by getting up early and walking the deck. It was a beautiful sunny , mild day - perfect for being outside. Then a healthy breakfast in the Lido. Doug took advantage of being able to sleep in.

Decided to start up in the beginner's bridge group (which was a good idea) because now they are 6 weeks into lessons and what they are learning is a good review for me. So, I'm at a table with Alan and Anne Marie who are really nice (cruise critic group.) It was a fun hour.

Doug went to hear Ambassador Howard Walker discuss 21st Century World Order: Shifting Centers of Power. He really liked it and said it was a good overview of the whole world – and looks forward to future lectures which will be more detailed and in depth.

I went to the cooking demo with the new guest chef – Ray Bear – from Canada. He is not well known, but is a friend of Shawn's (the Pinncacle chef on our ship). His specialty is lobster! He made a delicious lobster bacon mac and cheese as well as lobster scallop potatoes. As an extra not on the menu, he made sushi with lobster. All of it was excellent and fun to watch.

Doug and I met up for lunch in the Lido – but ate out by the pool. We decided we have to start eating less, especially desserts, so we had a heatlhy lunch.

Tried to learn how to put pictures on my Blog by going to our techspert, Jeff. Only I had forgotten my password, so I have to go try again tomorrow.

New book for book club, so I'm doing this one. It's for Africa – Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton – an old classic. Look forward to reading it again with more adult perspective.

After some quiet reading time out of the deck,, went to dinner and left before dessert! We went upstairs and enjoyed some fruit on the back deck instead. I went to the movie Amelia (about Amelia Earhart) and it was so good. While I knew the ending, of course, I wasn't aware of her life leading up to her last flight. Then back to the cabin for the night.