En Route To Bordeaux, France

The picture on this Blog is from last evenings World Cruise Dinner.

Today we are at sea and en route to Bordeaux, France. Anne Marie was not feeling very well last night so she took it easy for most of today.

Keith worked out by himself this morning and decided to workout first before having breakfast. He worked out for one hour on the Elliptical Machine. He went to the Lido Café for breakfast and then brought back some toast for Anne Marie to eat.

Keith and Anne Marie both went to the doctor this morning. We thought it would be good for him to see Anne Marie and Keith has had congestion for the past couple of weeks so we thought it would be a good idea for the doctor to see Keith as well. In the end, he ended up giving both of us the same medications; specifically antibiotics for each of us. We both are fortunate that we avoided getting sick the first couple of months of the cruise since a virus which seemed to cause severe coughing (hacking) seemed to go around for much of the time and those who got sick took months before they would get rid of the cough. We took many pro-active steps to minimize getting sick but given that so many people are under on roof so to speak, it is not surprising that it is easy to spread germs from passenger to passenger. Hopefully, we will both be back to normal sooner rather than later.

Later in the morning, Anne Marie rested in the room while Keith went to two lectures.

Former White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater gave the first lecture. Mr. Fitzwater’s presentation was titled “Backstairs at the White House”. He covered some significant events that occurred while he was Press Secretary in both the Reagan and Bush administrations. It was an interesting presentation with touches of humor, seriousness, and sentimentality. Mr. Fitzwater will give one final presentation on the last sea day and will provide lots of time for questions and answers.

The second presentation was given by best selling author and was titled “Making the Best of Your Life”. It was a very positive and uplifting presentation and focused on not only making the best of your life but also provided tips on ways which will hopefully add years to ones life. After his presentation, he along with Coach Don Shula took questions from the audience. The majority of questions were for Coach Don Shula ranging from his views on free agency in Football, to the current quarterback situation on the Miami Dolphins to his opinion as to who of the retired quarterbacks does he consider the best whoever played that position. His pick was Joe Montana given that he won three Super Bowls whereas statistically he talked very highly of Dan Marino but noted that in the end that the mark of a great quarterback came down to Super Bowl wins. Keith enjoyed the presentation.

Following the presentation Keith went to Team Trivia. Our team ended up correctly answering eleven of the fifteen questions and finished in third place in the final round of Team Trivia. We are just happy that we finished in first place during last segments World Cruise.

We both had lunch in the Main Dining Room and then we both spent the remainder of the afternoon in our stateroom. We will be disembarking the ship on May 1 so we are starting to pack and get organized for that.

Before dinner we attended the Captain’s Farewell Reception and this is truly the final reception for us and the others on the Full World Cruise who will be disembarking the ship in Southampton, England. We had a very nice time at the reception.

Afterwards, we had dinner in the Main Dining Room. The dinner was enjoyable and the service outstanding as it has been throughout the World Cruise.
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Keith & Anne Marie