Saturday, January 10, 2009

Wed. Dec 24th, at Sea

Li is up early and does Yoga.  I do my exercise by walking and jogging around the ship on the Promenade deck, watching the big waves.  Rough sea: 2-4 meters.  The ships’ stabilizers are on.  It is difficult to stand straight in the windy spots on the ship. Some waves make it up to deck 7. 

Bianca played in the mid-ship pool that stayed open despite the wind and waves.   It was a lot of fun.

Talked with a couple who has done 40-some cruises.  The South Pacific can be stormy.  They once had to install ropes on the ship and glass was broken by furniture ‘flying around’.

Doing laundry for the first time.  All the black cloth comes out with white fuzz on it -- what a headache.

Bianca gives a lapel pin to an 94 year old lady who has already collected more than 200. She shows her collection to us. The lady is wheelchair-bound and is driving around with a Teddy bear in the front-basket of her electric wheelchair. On formal nights Teddy gets dressed up just like everyone else. Her daughter says Teddy has more outfits then she does.

Dinner was a bit of a disappointment today. Main course: goose - but it was tough, didn’t have much flavor and the red cabbage was much to sweet.

The ship is getting decorated with Christmas ornaments and there is a contest for the best decorated stateroom door.
We are not staying up late for Christmas carols and the midnight buffet.
Someone stole all the customized Christmas gift sets for the kids!!

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