We had another rolling night and the skies are a bit overcast today. The television says we have 8 foot waves, but they don't look that big to me even though the ship is moving a fair bit.
There were three lectures today, the first on the equator. You wouldn't think you could fill 45 minutes on that topic, but Edwin managed to do it and make it interesting to boot. I had no idea that the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are moving a bit each year. The second lecture was on ports in the Amazon. It was a little unsettling to hear, frankly. The lecturer, Clive, was here 12 years ago and he gave us his impressions along with those that he collected from fellow cruisers at the time. It seemed that in some of the ports, the "villages" weren't real, but only set up for the cruise ships to get money from the tourists. We'll see if we find that to be true. And many people didn't like the young girls who would dress up in costumes that were supposed to be native and pose for pictures for money, of course. The last lecture was on the Hubble telescope and some of the wonderful photos it has taken. Again, a rather dry subject made interesting.
Trivia gave us a couple more points again. We're collecting them at a nice pace, but the true test will be what we can do with them at the end of the cruise.
The music on the ship is quite nice. There is no ships' orchestra as such, but there are a few quartets that play in various lounges which are nice. And the ships' background music is generally appealing also. Once in a while, it's a bit intrusive, but not often. We again haven't made it to a single evening show, but I've heard good things about the entertainers.
Here are a few more photos
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| The Library is a very nice space, big and comfortable. It's on the 9th deck so movement is more noticeable up there. |
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| One of the staircases as taken from above which turns out to be a strange angle. |
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| Martinis Lounge |
Dinner in the Grand Dining Room again, then off to the cabin. Hopefully, our neighbors will turn off their balcony light tonight. We weren't able to keep the drapes open because the light was so bright. I suspect they didn't even know it was on since the room stewards pull the drapes closed when turning down the room for the night. They weren't in their cabin, so I left a polite note asking if they knew it was on. We'll see.
