Easy day at sea

Our second day in a row for a sea day. That will be what we have until we get to New Jersey - sea days!

We went to the morning lecture by the astronomer, Paul Cirillo. His talk this morning was about NASA's plan for the US to return to the moon.

We then returned to our room and enjoyed sitting out on our balcony. Weather was nice in the morning and then turned slightly cooler as it became a little overcast.

In the afternoon, the Captain made an announcement that there is a crew member that the ship's doctor has determined needs hospital care. We are making a slight deviation to go to the closest island, Ponta Delgado, where he can have the crew member taken off the ship and taken to a hospital. The captain also stated that this deviation will not affect our arrival date.

Once again, we saw the stowaway piano guy. We rode the elevator up and down to enjoy his music. We got to talk to him yesterday as he was on our tour. We feel like we're friends!Read more