March 3, 2019 – at Sea
2 days at sea give us the needed break to plan our next stops. It is hard to believe we have been on the ship for 40 days and I can understand how people can get used to this.
We are visiting Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for 2 days. Day one we are doing a hop on hop off bus tour. We are also having dinner at William Blue Dining.
Australia does things a bit differently with cruise ships than other countries. Every passenger must get off the ship with passports in hand and have a face to face meeting with immigration. I suppose there are many people that wouldn’t mind staying in Australia illegally then say Easter Island. Once everyone is cleared we can get back on the ship. We will be long gone after we clear immigration. On day 2, I am doing the Sydney Bridge climb if the weather co-operates. Terri may shop.
Our new trivia group got off to a rough start. We finished with 6. What does a famulus do? You are looking that up aren’t you?
Today was the Bowler and Bumper Shoots Gala.
The Vallies did an all new show on the Main Stage. They did a great Motown set. So much better than the Sisters of Motown did. They did a BeeGees set. Mistake. Only one of the members has the consistent falsetto necessary. Pitch was a problem here. A few Righteous Brothers numbers. “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ ” lost me in several spots. Mistake. “Unchained Melody” was fabulous. A set of traditional Australian tunes that sounded like polkas told me that they were at the limit of their repertoire. An encore set of Frankie Valli tunes closed their second show. They are definitely a one show group at this point but they have only been together 2 years. Slack given.
You guys still look great! When I took the hop on…bus My favorite stop was Bondi Beach.
The hat fits well…lol
New Zealand and Australia! Always thought they’d be beautiful countries to visit! Especially loved the Opera House photos.( Big surprise huh, Jeff?). The views of the harbor were breathtaking!! BTW, way haven’t you wandered on stage to play set with one of the Motown groups? You’d show’em how it’s done, Metro boy!! LOL!
I think Sydney is a place we will make another visit to. Large like NYC but much cleaner and safer. There is a subway system in Sydney but I didn’t get a chance to check that out. That is usually an eye opening experience.