I like days at sea...well, wouldn't want them every day! But it's nice to be able to get up when I feel like it. I exercise in the room, then get a latte rather than going for breakfast. We went to the 10:00 lecture on the San Blas Islands in Panama. I was there MANY years ago when I lived Nicaragua. Took a trip to Panama with a friend...Hi Mayra! The speakers on the ship have been just OK. The one who has given several talks on Panama was stationed there in the early 70's, a few years before I was there. He was interesting but not very knowledgeable. His San Blas talk was 15 min long and he was unable to give the population of the islands. You'd think he could have done some research before talking in front of a group of people! The other speaker has given talks on Colombia, Costa Rica and Guatemala. He lost me when his Colombia talk started w/the separation of North and South America a gazillion years ago. Don't think we needed that much detail! He was quite boring to listen to on top of that!
After the lecture, there was a talk about diamonds and tanzanite given by the jeweler onboard. There was a raffle which made quite a few people show up. They decided to do the raffle in the store rather than the meeting room, so we missed that, had to run and eat lunch to get to the art auction on time! Wonder if we won anything (had to be there to collect). It's interesting to attend art auctions onboard. We have never bought anything, just like to look at the art, see how much it sells for, and get the free gift for attending. :) Didn't win anything in their raffle either.
Three o'clock is always tea. We've gone a couple of times. Kind of close to dinner, but another opportunity to sit and meet people.
There is always something to do. I hope the speakers are better when the "Official World Cruise" starts in LA. The majority of folks on the ship now are just doing the Panama Canal cruise. And speaking of people onboard, I never did an up date of our dinner table. The missing couple showed up the second night. They are a delightful couple from Utah. The woman who said she wouldn't be joining us after the first night, returned saying our table was more interesting. So, we have a table of eight people who all get along and enjoy each other's company. They have to kick us out sometimes for second seating. We get very involved in conversations about all the things you aren't supposed to talk about, politics, religion, etc. It has been very enjoyable. Mel and I will really miss them after LA. I dread meeting our new table mates. We have met some rather odd folks onboard who are here for the duration. Hope we won't have to ask to change tables too many times. :)
Later, Guatemala.
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