The first two days went by quickly. We spent time recovering from the stress (read first post) and discovering the ship. We checked out the shops, the spa, the gym. Li joined the yoga group, Bianca the HAL-kids club. We had high tea; Indonesian on one day, Dutch on the next. There were raffles and other give-aways. We checked out books from the library. Li and Bianca did some puzzles. I took pictures and videos. And Li and I read up on the ports we were going to visit.
These ships always offer lots of activities and it is impossible to do them all. Some are sports-related, some are educational some are just fun contests. Holland America had brought on board two scientists who held lectures on geology of the region, birds and bird watching and sea live. Some performances and lectures were taped and later broadcast on the TVs in our staterooms.
There are life performances every night on the ship, we missed the first but saw all others: A mandolin player, a Broadway-show type dance company, a humorous singer, another singer and actress, a magician and a flute player.
The jewelry shop had different types of jewelry on displays every other night and even held a mini-lecture on amber. The photo shop displayed the staged pictures and snapshots they had taken of us.
There was a kids-HAL club run by Carlos. He was great with the kids. Since so few children were on the ship he tried to customize the activities and do what the few kids wanted to do.
We make friends with two families. Both had children in Bianca’s age. One family was from Bothell: Jessica, Willy, Kyle, Tyler, Leia and Kyle, the other from California: Jill, John, Jenny and Julia.
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