Well, as we said before, we didn’t want this cruise to come to an end. Today the captain complied by giving us two Mondays in a row. While this extends the week by one day, it actually is simply returning to us the day which we had lost, hour by hour, crossing so many time zones travelling eastward around the world. Today we crossed the International Date Line which meant that we gained an extra day. So, no, 4-19 for us is not a mistake – it’s still Monday!
It was so cold today that the wait staff in the dining room wore their winter jackets up in the Lido. Has to be because of all the windows.
I played bridge this morning and then went to the ship’s florist presentation about flower arranging. He is a master – I’ve never seen such beautiful and creative arrangements anywhere. So, I learned that the secret to keeping your cut flowers alive is to keep the water clean (he puts in the tiniest bit of bleach.) Also, you are never supposed to use one of the green florist blocks more than once. Bacteria can get into the first holes poked by the original flower stems. He puts his flowers in cold water. He made five arrangements that were beautiful!
Doug and I had lunch and then worked on packing a little. Lost another hour. Then we went to the movie at 3:30 called the Red Corner. It was about the Chinese legal system with Richard Gere. It was an ok movie. Then we had a quick dinner in the Lido with Ken (Sonja wasn’t feeling well). The three of us then went to hear the comedian, Joe Yannetty. He was pretty funny. Then back to pack some more before the Indonesian crew show at 10:30 p.m.!
The show was great – wonderful music, costumes, dance, and song.
One of the dancers doing a typical Indonesian dance with a typical costume of that country. The hands are accented in this dance.
They work so hard for us every day and to think they took the extra time to put this show together is really something. It was a full house, so it’s nice to know so many people stayed up way past their bedtime to support our wonderful crew.
While it was a rough day at sea, our captain changed the course yesterday to go north of the Aleutian Islands instead of the original southern route. Our waves were between 7 and 14 feet while in the south they were around 20 feet. Thank you, Captain!!
No, this is not a mistake – and while we didn’t want the cruise to end, this is not something we just cooked up to make it last longer.
Today we crossed the International Date Line.
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