at Sea
It has been the windy and the ship has been rockin’ and a rollin’.
Team trivia for the day. Which actor played the role of Ghandi in the movie? What question is asked in the Nursery Rhyme “Mary, Mary, quite contrary….”? Who wrote the music in the movie “The Graduate” Here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson…. Which group recorded the tune “California Dreamin'” What were the names of the engines that powered the Apollo Rockets? Which company created the Pentium processor. Prior to the movie Titanic, which Kevin Costner movie was the most expensive. (Did you say Waterworld?) Which brand of underwear did Marty wear in Back to the Future?
There are 15 questions in team trivia and then a bonus question worth two points. The fun questions are the those that none of our team members have a clue on such as “What was the day of the week that the stock market crashed in 1929”.
People take this game quite seriously. Today a passenger took up his ipad to educate the team trivia host on a particular answer. Most of the guests are twice the age or more than the host. Give me a break.
We had dinner with Ann and Joe. We met them on the Grand Africa crew and we enjoy talking with them. Brother and sister, Joe and Ann have been traveling together for years. Both have lost spouses and they decided traveling together would be fun.
Ann spent her career teaching. Joe was a teacher for about half of career. They grew up in the Cleveland area and have a similar cultural upbringing and political view. Ann does a lot of knitting and craft making. She sells her creations at the many craft shows she does. There is a project on the ship where blankets are being knitted or crocheted and then donated. The project is called project “Linus” and the blankets are donated to children who are in need. Over 500 blankets have been created on this cruise so far. It really is amazing.
We met Joe and for drinks prior to dinner and the conversation continued through dinner. Very enjoyable time. Joe currently resides in Arizona and Ann lives in Kansas City.
The evening entertainment was Japanese Balloon Artist Syan. Syan is considered one of the top balloon artists of Japan. He is widely known for his speed, his polished skills, and special technique called “Areal Twist”! Watching Syan is what you might expect. A street artist performing making balloon animals. It was quite entertaining as he was in a traditional Japanese costume and used interesting traditional Japanese music as part of his act. The pentatonic scale was quite prevalent and his timing was fantastic. I gave him an 8. Terri fell asleep. (it is dark and comfortable in the theater).