At Sea
October 23, 2022
Another day of recovery was welcomed as we prepared for the next port of Tunisia. We need passports, Covid documents, and a special port pass when we leave the ship. We have a HAL excursion that takes almost the entire time we will be there.
I hit the gym and Terri did her power walking around the lower promenade. She has built quite a reputation amongst the folks who walk around the deck as she passes them numerous times.
We teamed up with a single passenger in group trivia. Jose was actually a professor at MSU back in the early 80s when I was a student there. He taught Spanish and Portuguese. He said he lived with members of the MC5 (Motor City 5). I told him that I used to teach with Russ Gibb who was a big promoter of the band but that didn’t seem to mean much to him.
He said band members helped ”turn him on”. A common reference to drug use at the time. Particularly LSD. I’m not sure why he shared this. He did say he was able to see Rick’s back in Casablanca and sent me a photo. I did learn from our tour guide that most American and Canadian tourists come to Casablanca because of the movie starring Humphrey Bogart.
We did fair pretty well in the trivia with just the three of us. We remembered what a baby puff was called and guessed which part of the body is full grown at birth. We missed which continent is in all 4 hemispheres.
We did over hear another complainer at dinner. She was so surprised that the HAL excursions do fill up and they do not take additional people. We have spent a year planning everything we do on this trip and have had at least one excursion booked since November of last year. Planning is everything. Planning is hard. Complaining is easy.
We finished the evening on the back of the Lido playing cards. I am up 4 games to two. I think Terri is letting me win as she is really the better player.…