Wednesday
21 March 2012 – At Sea – Enroute to Cairns, Australia
Up
at 6:45 am – read and practiced some Yoga before breakfast at 8:00 am.
Bridge
at 10:00 am with Jean-Paul, our
instructor and Gordon and
Liddel. This is a very complicated game
but Patte and I are committed to keep
plugging.
At
11:30 am there is another cooking demonstration with our Executive Chef and
Pastry Chef – they seem to enjoy doing this and it is fun for the audience as
well. Samples of the dessert are
distributed – and a glass of wine is presented to anyone with a correct answer
to their questions.
Lunch
again in the the Grand Dining Room – since it is another sea day we expect the
Terrace Café to be packed. We meet
Susan and Gerry Bott waiting outside the dining room so they join us. Susan and Jerry live right down the street
from us in Queens Harbour – it is sheer coincidence they we are all on this
ship.
One
of the news items in the USA Times (delivered daily) notes that the King of
Tonga died on Monday, March 19th – less than a week after our
visit. He could’ve been lying on his
death bed as we surrounded the
Presidential Palace taking photos.
Trivia
today was interesting – we thought (as we always do) that we had all the
correct answers -- we got
10 out of 15 points – however everyone
else did better – we weren’t even third.
This
evening at 5:30 is Oceania’s thank you party for guests who have previously sailed with
them. Since Phil, Beth and I have
sailed five times with Oceania – they call our names and a bronze pin will be delivered
to our cabins. It is a lovely time –
all drinks and passed hors d’oeuvres are complimentary. Shane, the Oceania Club Ambassador is the
host --- he notes that 386 of the 678 passengers on board have sailed with
Oceania before.
Dinner
tonight is in Toscana (the Italian restaurant) – we are all pleased with our
meals and the service.
The
girls decide to go to the show featuring Karen Beckett – a terrific Australian
singer we heard a couple of days ago.
By
the time the show is over – we’re exhausted and ready for bed – these sea days
are killers.
Thanks
for Reading!
Pat
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