2-13 Day 39 At Sea

We have been losing an hour every other day on this crossing, and it is starting to catch up with everyone.  Today, we could hardly get up and rolling.  And others we talked to on board had the same reaction. 

But once up, I was on my way to bridge class and Doug did his walking exercise.  At 11 we had the captain’s brunch.  He is doing this in big groups for everyone on board.  It was actually quite nice – champagne, steak, great dessert – and served nicely.  We sat at a table for six and met two other couples we really enjoyed.  Both were from Alabama – one retired physician, the other retired engineer.  They had great stories.  It was really pleasant.

I played bridge for fun at 1 for an hour with my new bridge tablemates.  I really like all three of them, so it was great fun.  Lost another hour, so I used the time to watch two lectures I had missed on our stateroom channel, while Doug attended a photography class.  The thing that made this special was the speaker – Joe Craig is an internationally known portrait photographer.  He was asked to train the photographers. who photograph the Congressmen.  And his comment was that these Congressmen want to look wise and young!   After his talk, he chose  half a dozen people from the audience to photograph.  He chose Doug, saying, “I’ll take you, young man.”  I guess compared to most of the folks on this cruise, Doug is a youngster!  Craig claims that by looking into a person’s eyes, in his photographs, you can see their whole life.  So, now Doug’s picture will be displayed in his gallery showing in a few days.  Pretty cool!  So, after that, assuming Craig is right, everyone will know Doug’s life story!

After my afternoon exercise/walk on deck, Doug and I enjoyed reading out on the back deck.  It was a glorious end of the day with beautiful blue calm seas around us. 

Since we had such a huge lunch, we skipped dinner with our 5:30 group and had a later supper in the Lido just the two of us.  It was so nice.  Then Doug went to the first part of the show (to see the comedian again) while I read in the library.  Met up with Wray and Marty (a couple from out dinner group) a little later while we read, and ended up talking to them for almost an hour.

So, here I am – later than I had hoped – finishing this up.  But it was one of the most pleasant and relaxing days we’ve had.  We want to spend more time reading out on the deck when the weather permits it.  Just too nice! 

While at sea, I’m going to try to continue to add pictures from earlier in the trip.  At some point, I hope to learn how to edit my Blog so I can put them in my earlier entries.  But for now . . . .  two pictures of Robinson Crusoe Island as we approached and from higher up on the hillside looking into the harbor.