Sunday January 16th, 2011
Met for breakfast in the dining room with those whose travel agents are affiliated with Vacations.com
At lunch time those passengers who are French speaking met for lunch in the dining room. I sat with some very nice people from Montreal
Went for diner with Mary and Jim at the Pinnacle Dining Room. Had a delicious Filet Mignon meal. Life is so tough ! ! ! ! !
Monday January 17th
Went for diner in our Italian Restaurant. Barbara was supposed to join me, but she forgot what day it was. That happens here on the ship – one day goes into the next , especially on Sea Days. I had a delicious veal and pasta diner all by myself. The entertainment tonight was a piano duo. They played together on one piano. Talk about talent !!
Tuesday January 18th, 2011
This afternoon, I went to a get together of the people on board who speak German. About 15 people attended. After a bit of chit chatting, we each told the others our name, where we come from and a bit about ourselves. One of the crew members sent a sheet around for us to put down our names and cabin numbers. A list will be printed up and given to each of us – then it’s up to us to plan future activities together
Today we had our third formal night so I went to the hairdresser to get beautified. Wore a pretty blue cocktail dress which I haven’t worn for about 20 years. Every formal night, the captain invites a different group of passengers to a cocktail party followed by dinner in the Pinnacle. Some of the officers also attend. Tonight was my night. I was seated at the same table as the chief engineer and his second in command. An American couple of Dutch origin was also at our table and since the officers are Dutch, they had a lot in common. It was a very pleasant evening.
Unfortunately, there was no dancing with the male escorts and there wont be for the next couple of days – there is a flu aboard the ship and quite a few people are affected, so there are strict measures being taken to prevent the spread of germs. The library has been closed and I heard from one of the crew that they washed off all the book covers before locking them on the shelves. At dance class we are learning line dances so as not to touch one another. There is to be no shaking of hands or any contact with people who are not partners and we are encouraged to wash our hands often. There are waiters standing at the dining room doors who squirt our hands with hand sanitizers as we enter and there are hand sanitizers all over the ship. Those who are affected with flu symptoms are requested to remain in their cabins. At bridge class they take a new deck of cards for each new game. The captain has assured us that things have improved considerably. That’s good news. Those of us who are single and love to dance are suffering from withdrawal symptoms ! ! The gentlemen escorts are as happy as can be – they don’t have to work ! ! I notice at the end of the evenings, some of them are looking at their watches frequently. They work about 7 hours a day, so I can’t say I blame them.
Wednesday January 19, 2011
Same activities as usual.
Today I went to the Computer Rep to find out how to post pictures on my blog. Because of the size of the file, our internet would not send it. I’ll send this without pictures and try again another time. Sorry about that.
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