at Sea
Project Linus is a non-profit organization that provides handmade blankets to children 0-18 in the United States who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. Folks on the ship have been knitting blankets since we started the cruise back in early January. The number produced on the cruise is over 500. Today they were on display on the Lido deck.
We did the gym, lunch and then group trivia. Thomas did settle down a little bit after all of the complaints yesterday. General knowledge is what people want. No one wants a specialty question such as which key signature has four flats. That is not any fun. What is a funambulismo? Who was the star of “The Fugitive” television series? What does IMF stand for? Which country grows the most fruit? Which acid is found in a car battery? Who composed Madama Butterfly? Which movie did Robin Williams appear in drag?
We began researching our next few stops for golf. Takoradi, Ghana does have a course but no one answers the phone. We have been in this city back in 2022. We are guessing that the course is closed. This is a very poor country and we are considering staying on the ship. This is one of the countries that charges for a Visa even if passengers do not get off of the ship. 2 years ago it cost us $85 each. I would rather go into the city and spend the $85 so the people of the community can benefit. If it weren’t for the tours about slavery, no ship would ever stop here. It is another country that should really develop a relationship with the cruise lines.
Mindelo in Cape Verde appears to have a course. We will investigate that. There aren’t many stops left and we are starting to prepare to come home. May 11 is the day we arrive in Ft. Lauderdale.
At dinner, Oscar surprised us with ship made Paczki’s. Delicious!! What a treat. He spoke with the chef weeks ago about making these for us but they didn’t now how to spell it and couldn’t find any information on them. We have found no crew or passengers on the ship that have ever heard of these. There just aren’t enough Polacks in the world. The chef made enough for Roger and Kathy who share our table. They aren’t the 20lb pazcki’s that I grew up on but they were great.
This kind of treatment on a world cruise is not unusual but it is still very nice. There is no request that goes unnoticed and most of the times the request is honored.
Victoria did lightning team trivia after dinner.. Which group did Brigham Young lead? What instrument does the concert master play? Where was check point Charlie? Which constellation is Polaris a part of? Who is on the 2 dollar bill? Which track and field event has a participant throwing a spear? The only country that begins with an “O”. 26 out of 30 for us.
We played a game with Clare and Susie called Rummikub. It is the same game I knew as a kid called Rummy-O. I think we used the scoring rules of Rummy O. The winner is first to use all of their tiles.