We awoke early this morning and had a very nice breakfast in the Lido Café. After breakfast we went to the Fitness Center for our daily workout. About half-way through our workout, we noticed that the Fitness Center had become fairly full reminding us of the first segment of the World Cruise. Before we knew it, all of the treadmills were in use along with all of the elliptical machines. We finished our workout and then went back to our room to change.
Since today is a sea day there were many activities on the schedule. Keith got a haircut and later on Anne Marie went to the Lido Café area to pick up a needlepoint kit.
At 11:00 AM we went to a lecture given by former White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater. The topic of his presentation was “The People and Politics of Washington.” Mr. Fitzwater was press secretary to two Presidents; President Reagan and the first President Bush. He is the only Press Secretary in history to have been appointed by two Presidents. He did a nice job of remaining as neutral as possible in his presentation. He made fun of both political parties and what has occurred to certain politicians over the past couple of years and he also made some predictions for the 2008 Presidential Elections. He also took a wide range of questions from the audience.
Following the lecture, we went to Team Trivia. There will only be three Team Trivia games on this segment given all of the days in port. Today, we finished in a tie for third place.
After Team Trivia we went to lunch in the main dining room and then we both signed up for the Free Slot Machine Tournament for later in the afternoon. Keith ended up finishing in third place in the tournament, and won a shirt.
Before dinner this evening we attended a reception in the Captain’s Quarters. This is the third reception that we have attended on this World Cruise. We spoke with the Captain during the reception along with a couple of crew members and some of our fellow passengers.
After the reception, we had dinner in the Prego Italian Specialty Restaurant. This was only the third time we have eaten Prego since boarding the ship. We had not eaten there in quite some time and we decided to dine there this evening. This is because the head waiter who we had in the Main Dining Room (Bruno) earlier in the cruise just came back from vacation and we knew he would be the head waiter in Prego. He works four months at a time and two months are in the Main Dining Rom with the other two months in Prego. We think very highly of him and we greatly appreciate his enthusiasm and his very pleasant disposition. We had a very enjoyable dinner with wonderful food and service.
Later in the evening we attended a show featuring Maureen McGovern. Ms. McGovern has been on stage, in film and has recorded more than twenty-five albums. One of her hit songs was “the Morning After” from the Poseidon Adventure. She also recorded “We May Never Love Like This Again” from the Towering Inferno and “Can You Read My Mind?” from Superman. This evening she sang several songs dating back to the 1940s and the 1950s. We had a wonderful time at this evenings show.
Tomorrow morning we are scheduled to arrive in Malaga Spain. This will be our first time in this port of call.
Keith & Anne Marie
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