at Sea
Another day heading due west to Hawaii. Ocean is as smooth as can be. No land anywhere.
We received a letter from Henk, the hotel manager, about the itinerary change. It seems that some passengers were angry that we were bypassing India. Henk explained that careful consideration has to be given to which ports have availability on which dates. The location of ship provisions that are placed around the world. Timing and fuel usage. Henk said there is no way we could may a stop on India and then head south to go around Africa and end up in Fort Lauderdale on May 11. Other ships have been re-routed also. Future cruises also are taking a hit on the area in question.
Today was the donut buffet in the Lido.
I did stop after group trivia. Very fresh. Made on board. I gave them a 7. I like kryspi kremes.
Group trivia went well. Third place. Atomic number of hydrogen was a gimme. I did remember the competitor to spacely sprockets in the Jetson’s. Cogswell Cogs. Where is the land of milk and honey? Which has more wrinkles per square inch. Prunes or raisins? What the famous 4 word line from Jerry Mcguire?
A muster station drill must be done once per month and today was the day. Things have changed a lot from the past. In the past, one had to suit up in a life jacket and meet at the life boat station assigned to your room at a specified time. Now, no life jackets, report to the station between a certain time and have attendant scan your key card. Go back to your room and watch the mandatory safety video. Most people turn it on and leave the room.
Dinner and then the piano trio. I know they don’t practice but instead discuss what they each already know and then the ability of them to sight read before a live audience. They admitted as much at a chat Kimberly had with them last month. They are all accomplished players and pull off this feat daily with no issue.
We decided to skip the Zuiderdam singers and dancers and went up to play cards. I think Terris is up 3 to 2. One of the officers came up to the deck to present a star watching event. He took a laser and pointed out the many different stars by name. We continued with cards but did view the stars from our balcony later. It’s incredible how many stars can be seen with the naked eye. Growing up in Detroit, we were limited to the big dipper and the moon. Too much light pollution to see anything else.…