April 3, 2019 – at Sea
Another day at sea!
Today I was on the “liberal” treadmill. This one treadmill skips from channel 30 to channel 32. Fox News is channel 31. Probably a victim of some legislation banning the channel because the treadmill isn’t sustainable or green enough. It does show MSNBC, CNN and BBC. It is tough to do an aggressive workout while watching comedy. I did my run with the travel channel.
Ian did his tour information this morning. It looks like Muscat will be an easy port with a bus that takes us to the Souk/Bazaar. He said that we will all be amazed how clean Oman is. After India, this will be a treat.
More work outside our room again and we weren’t able to sit on the deck outside our room. Terri was back on the phone working for another fruit basket but the offer was another room on the 6th floor that had a private balcony. We had no interest and toughed it out watching “Hunter Killer” on tv.
What surface is broom ball played on? Curling came to mind so my guess was ice. “No” said Janet. Curling is a Canadian game so I felt I had to default to her. I said maybe it was a slang term for curling. “No” was her response. I said maybe it was another game played on ice. “No”. I convinced Debbie, who is our scribe to put down ice. Some of the guesses were clay, grass and cement. The answer? Ice! It was also a gamed that began in Canada.
Tonight’s entertainment on the Main Stage was Dukebox – Dukes of Music. Paul and Matt are from the West End of London and draw their experience from the theatrical world. This was very apparent when they came onstage with the “look at me, I’m wonderful” attitude.
Unfortunately the audience didn’t agree with what these two thought of themselves as I heard many negative comments when the show was over. I doubt of these two are leads in the musicals they have been in. Their arrogance was quite apparent and they really had trouble delivering.
The pair did some Sinatra, Elvis, Beatles, and David Bowie. I was unimpressed with all of it. The one tune I thought they did a great job of was a cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Waters. The harmony here was very good and continuing down this path may have saved them. I give them a 6.…