The seas got a bit rough during the night and the swells are making walking around a bit challenging. There were 3 good lectures today. First up was Clive talking about North Korea. He was able to visit in 1990 and he told us a bit about that along with the history of the country Ed did a sort of marine trivia "contest" and we won, but not exactly. I was keeping score for our team of 4 and when Ed asked for scores, Tom misread my paper and said 24 which turned out to be the highest. We actually only had 20, but it was too late at that point to correct him since Ed called us all down to be awarded our "prize". It was an "all-expense paid trip to Hawaii" and he had us close our eyes to imagine it while he blew wind and sprinkled water on us. Good fun. Ed's second lecture was on climate change and the effects by and on the oceans. Interesting and frightening at the same time.
I was sitting out on the deck on 5 again and took another picture from the same vantage point as yesterday. What a difference a day makes.
And since I had no other options for pictures, here are a couple more taken today on board.
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| The Grand Dining Room |
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| Mary Grace who makes our coffees each morning. |
Finally got a top score in trivia today. And we got our passports back with entry and exit stamps from Brazil.
The guest laundry facility on Deck 7 was reopened this morning, but we weren't able to get a machine until just before dinner. When it was time to move it to the dryer we were on the appetizer but Michael ran up and moved it along. So we should be good for a while now. Since Jan and Tom are in a penthouse, they get 3 bags of laundry free so they've been doing that. I'm jealous.
Daniel called by video during dinner, so we called back once we were back in the cabin. The quality was very good considering we're on a moving ship. And it is still moving a fair bit which will make for a nice sleep. While we were in the Amazon, the ship turned out as many outside lights as possible and requested we make sure no light was visible from our cabins because of the bugs that it attracted. Now that is back to normal again. The casino is once again open and there is a lot of pent-up demand judging by the noise coming from the machines. And liquor sales seem to be back to normal now that there is no longer the 25% additional tax.
