The Bering Sea

We have moved from the Gulf of Alaska into the Bering Sea while skillfully avoiding a large and nasty storm. Although the Bering Sea is notorious for its scary weather patterns, we are enjoying some relatively calm seas that afford a gentle rocking motion to fall asleep by. The nightly time changes are a challenge. It used to be that you simply turned your watch back, but technology has made it so it’s more like playing a game of “who really knows what time it is?”. Case in point, this morning I told Jeff that I needed to get ready to go to the 9:00 lecture on Japan. He was quick to ask what the heck was I doing since it was 6:00am. Hmmmm….. I obviously didn’t set my phone correctly. Jeff’s phone said still a different time so we had to check the ship’s TV to see the “real” time. Jim and Nancy had a similar situation, but with a different set of times.
This is a tremendous amount of activity and use of brain power at 6:00am.
Lots of good lectures today, including one about 60’s music that included a satellite phone call to Judy Collins!
We were also briefed on etiquette in Japan, and after the ease of traveling through Alaska, we realized that all bets are off once we get to Japan. There are a lot of rules to follow. I’ll let you know how that goes. Jeff was practicing bowing this afternoon.Read more