Besides for a bridge lesson (where we actually got to play finally!) and then a late afternoon game, the most exciting part of the day was the lecture by astronomer Eric Dunn at 11 a.m. – followed by evening gazing with him.
The only negative was that Eric Dunn has been on the ship for over a week and has given talks that have been superb. We found that out too late. He is not only articulate, but makes it understandable at the layman level. He had pictures taken from the Hubble telescope that he showed and explained to us. It was fascinating. More later about the evening.
Lunch was a combo Indonesian/Dutch meal. One of the wait staff whom we see at breakfast daily guided us on what to get. It was interesting and pretty tasty for the most part. They made these little pancakes that were wonderful with syrup and powdered sugar! It was fun to watch the cooks turn them with wooden skewers.
It was fun to watch the cooks turn them with the wooden skewers.
We sat with the couple we had dined with at the Captain’s dinner, so it was a great conversation and fun lunch.
Doug had a hair cut and I sat out on the deck and read a bit. It is really getting hot, but it it good to get some fresh air. Doug has been good about walking daily – and I need to get back to it!
The best part of dinner was the beautiful sunset. And I saw the “green flash” but did not get a picture of it. (The astronomer did and showed it to me today after his lecture.) But here are a few pictures of this somewhat unusual sunset.
The last picture is after the sunset in another part of the sky – but thought the clouds were so pretty!
At 9:30 p.m. I went to the top deck to star gaze with the astronomer and about 20 other passengers. I wish I had pictures to share, but my camera is not that good! But he pointed out the southern cross, Orion, the dog next to it, the lion, the 7 sisters, Mars, the twins Castor and Pollox (sp?), and the brightest star in the sky – Syrus (sp?), and the big dipper (upside down and not the N. star yet.) Sorry about the spelling – I can’t look it up right now as I’m not connected to the Internet. The most interesting to me was seeing the Milky Way both with and without my binoculars.
Eric (astronomer) told us that the moon would come up about midnight and would be unusual – a tropical moonrise. So, I went out a little after midnight (and woke up Doug to see it.) It was a half moon, orange in color, and it looked like it was sitting on the horizon like a bowl. I took pictures, but they did not do it justice. It was just beautiful - and certainly worth getting up and staying up for! And it was such a beautiful night, Doug and I stayed up on deck for a while just to enjoy it all.
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