At Sea

01-10 Friday: There was a King Neptune Ceremony today when crossing the equator. We didn’t go, it is crowded and we have been to a few of these! We did meet Tom Vassos at the Black Jack table a few nights ago and he stopped by our table at dinner last night. We discovered that he is a speaker. He contracts directly with Holland America for his speaking engagements. We went to his presentation today. It was very good and well done but lasted 90 minutes. That is just too long. He teaches Astronomy at the University of Toronto. Interesting guy. After the presentation we had to rush through a quick lunch in Lido to get to our Mexican Train game on time.

We had a little casino time in the afternoon, then a rest, and off to dinner. I skipped the casino tonight as I am tired. We turned the clock ahead an hour before going to bed.

01-11 Saturday: Slept in, at lunch at Pinnacle Grill followed by playing Mexican Train with our friends. Now it was time for a bit of housekeeping. While we do have free laundry, I don’t want to send things that I don’t want going through the dryer process.

Tonight, we chose the dining room, we sat with Peter and Barbara from Vancouver. They were an interesting couple. He was born in Amsterdam and she in Munich. We had some interesting travel conversations. It always takes longer when you share a table, but we were in no hurry. Casino, Billboard Onboard, and Rolling Stone Lounge completed our restful day.