Closing in on Africa

Both Liz and I woke up during the night leading into Tuesday morning due to the rocking of the ship. When we got up we could see that the sea state was much rougher than it had been for the previous couple of days. I was a bit queasy and so stayed in the cabin rather than going up to Horizons for my usual morning coffee. We did get breakfast and got the boys out of bed, which was more challenging than usual as we’d lost another hour over night, putting us ten hours ahead of California.

Our school day was split in two as we wanted to attend the Country Fair in the late morning. Recall that at the first one DJ won a bottle of wine in the raffle (substituted out for a bag and some golf equipment by CD Carson). He was determined to win another one, but alas, no raffle winners for us this time around. We did have fun playing the games, though.

In the evening we attended a performance in the Insignia Lounge featuring the string quartet that has been aboard since Miami. The group consists of four young women from the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw. Two of them were childhood friends, growing up as neighbors since the age of seven. Pretty amazing, and they put on a great show of movie music.

I’ll say again how appreciative we are of the efforts made by the crew to keep things lively on these sea days. Yesterday they put on a huge Super Bowl party in the Insignia Lounge. Then today the Country Fair. Ten days is a long time at sea, and I for one am very ready to set foot on land on Thursday. All the activities have kept it from being a real grind.Read more