at Sea
December 12, 2022
We are heading due west across the Atlantic. Our final stop, San Juan, Puerto Rico seems to be in a direct line from our final port, Cabo Verde. I can’t help but think that this was the route the slaves ships took to get to the West Indies.
The Atlantic is so much rougher than the Pacific, or any other ocean we have been in. The Captain said the huge rolling waves come from opposite directions here causing all of the motion we experience on the ship.
We received a warning about low internet band width in this area. We have even lost some television but it only seems to be Fox News that disappears.
The ship came to what appeared to be a dead stop today. The Captain said there was a scheduled “part swap out” that was planned for the port side engine. We were running on the starboard side engine only. It took a bit longer than planned but he assured passengers that there was no need to worry.
We tied for first in team trivia today scoring an unbelievable 20. “What was the original name of the game twister?” No one had an answer and I saw that Terri wrote down “limb pretzel”. Hilarious answer I thought. The answer? “Pretzel”. Terri is now quite famous amongst trivia players.
The ship sommelier, Rod, had planned a 5 course Italian dinner in the Canaletto Restaurant. It comes with 5 paired wines. The dinner was at 6:30 and we were already hungry when we sat down. We both thought the dinner was fair compared to what we get in the main dining room. Stuff I don’t normally eat. Egg plant, lobster, and scallops. Terris just touched on these. I passed. The wine didn’t help me but Terri said it was good. The main course of beef was very good. Rod kept checking to make sure I was finishing my wine. Some went into Terri’s glass. The dessert was good but I was so full of wine I didn’t enjoy it as much as I normally do.
We decided to play golf in San Juan. No tee time yet. Very difficult to make a wifi call when the internet is so unstable.