Sea days on the cruise are always wonderful and today was no exception. Crystal Cruise Lines does a tremendous job in scheduling a nice variety of activities throughout the day and evening hours that will appeal to the diverse interests of the passenger’s that sail on its ships.
This morning we woke up early and had breakfast in the Lido Café. As you can tell by now we enjoy eating breakfast at this venue as it offers us exactly what we want in a reasonable amount of time. Following breakfast we worked out at the Fitness Center. After our workout, our day of activities commenced.
At 10:00 AM we attended a presentation titled “Glaciers – What Are and What They Do.” by Geologist Neil Fahy. Neil has worked as a naturalist in he Yosemite region and as a Ranger – Naturalist at the Sequoia National Park. He has sailed with Crystal often, particularly on the many of the Crystal Harmony cruises to Alaska. He provides some nice background information on glaciers.
At 11:00 AM we attended a lecture given by diplomat Tex Harris titled “Saddam Hussein and the Iraq Problem.” Mr. Harris recently retired after an extensive 35 year career as a diplomat. His focus was on the mistakes that Saddam Hussein had made over the years.
At 12:00 Noon we attended the first trivia game for the second segment of the cruise. There were only six of us today as the new couple who was supposed to join our team did not make it today. With that said we finished in second place.
After trivia, we sent to lunch in the main restaurant. We enjoy having a light lunch in the restaurant and continue to order a salad entrée for lunch. Each day we have a different salad.
At 1:00 Anne Marie went to the first of the series of piano classes that she will take during this segment of the cruise while Keith continued to read one of the books that he is reading on board the ship.
At 3:00 PM we met our fellow Cruise Critic passenger’s in the Palm Court for a get together. These are fellow passenger’s who post from time to time on Cruise Critic and who had indicated that they were either on the full World Cruise or who would be on this segment of the cruise. We will have as second get together later in this cruise segment in the Silk Road Specialty Restaurant.
After our get together it was already time to start to get ready for the evening activities, which began with us attending the Captian’s Formal Welcome Reception. This provided an opportunity for Captain Otto Nergaard to officially welcome all passengers on this voyage and to meet him and other staff. Complimentary alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are offered along with some hot appetizers are provided and there is also dancing. It also provided a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow passengers.
After the reception, it was time to walk over to the dining room for our first formal dinner of this segment of the cruise. At a time when there is less formality, it is so nice to see our fellow passenger’s all dressed up. The majority of men wore either a tuxedo, or a white dinner jacket or a dark suit and the majority of women were in evening dresses and gowns. The dinner was wonderful and it included so many of our favorite foods. We enjoyed the conversation with our fellow tablemates.
Tomorrow morning we will arrive in Puerto, Montt, Chili. We do not have a shore excursion planned in Puerto Montt since we last visited this port in January of 2005 and plan to walk around this port of call on our own.
Keith & Anne Marie
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