Cruising along on Friday afternoon and evening. We did attend the lecture on Rome although it was rather slow and the guest lecturer, an older gentlemanly professor from UCLA, had a sleep inducing monotone voice. The cruise critic meet and mingle was next and very well attended. For those that don’t know cruising this is an internet group that has an active roll call for different ships and cruises. It is all about sharing ideas and putting together tours or activities on the ship. On past cruises I have been active and there may be 30-50 participants. This particular roll call had over 200 and I think nearly that many attended yesterday. We have a winery tour planned in Santiago and were able to meet our companions for that excursion. The ship captain and several officers made an appearance as well as the cruise director which does not often happen at these meet and mingle events. I think perhaps the fact that 10% of the ship guests are active on this internet site may have influenced this. Formal night activities included a champagne fountain with a free glass of champagne, a lovely dinner and the “Do you Wanna Dance” show in the theater. It is amazing the talent that these cruise ship crews have.
The seas continue to be rough with very high winds today which closes down the swimming pools and makes it very hard to walk the decks. Steve and I went our separate ways this morning. He to a port lecture on the Panama Canal and I to the knitters group. I enjoy hearing the stories from ladies and sharing project notes. We have a very interesting gal from Darwin, Australia and we are learning first hand about the devastation the fires are causing. We met up for line dancing again but dancing on a rocking and rolling ship has its challenges too. So this afternoon we have been quietly reading and taking advantage of how well the ship movement promotes sleep.
The internet and streaming has been great. The ship is currently showing the football playoff games. Some pictures from the past couple of days.
We made it on the sail away tape the ship produced. I snapped a picture of it as it was shown in our room.
The outdoor pool this afternoon with the netting over it. Warm enough to be out but so windy.
The indoor pool. Also closed today because of the high seas.
The center piazza on the ship. Pretty standard for a cruise ship.
Tomorrow we are in port in Cartengena, Columbia. We are planning a visit to the walled old city and there should be some colorful pictures for tomorrow’s post.
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