After waking up this morning we went to breakfast in the Lido Café. We had a very nice breakfast and talked to another couple doing the full world cruise and then another passenger who we talk to often jointed us for breakfast as well. We talked about the nice event that was held last evening which was a 1960’s party. As we mentioned yesterday the band played several songs from the 1960’s and a few by our favorite 1960’s group. We had a good time dancing to the music. The Cruise Director, Gary Hunter, and the World Cruise Hostess, Krista Pope, entertained the group and this was followed by music performed by the Crystal Cruises Orchestra, skits performed by the some of the Repertory at Sea Actors, and dancing performed by the Crystal Cruises Dancers. It was a lot of fun.
After Breakfast we went to the Fitness Center where Anne Marie worked out on the Treadmill and Keith worked out on the Elliptical Machine for an hour and then we did some weightlifting on the machines.
The seas continue to be fairly calm today. However, due to our location we now get very limited satellite reception. We are picking up just one news channel and the other stations are in house programming provided by Crystal. Very few ships sail where we are now sailing but it has been a delightful crossing. We should reach St. Helena this coming Sunday morning at around 7:00 AM. This evening we will once again move the clocks forward as we move into yet another new time zone.
There are a few more World Cruise games taking place today with additional ones planned for tomorrow. Today, Keith played doubles shuffleboard. The team that he was on did not qualify for any awards but Keith had a wonderful time playing and conversing with many of the fellow passenger’s who were participating in these games. Tomorrow evening, there will be another awards ceremony, which will include our awards from yesterdays Basketball competition.
We have really gotten to now several people quite well now as we have been on this ship for over forty days. With that said, everyday it seems that we meet other new passenger’s; some of whom are on this specific segment while others are on multiple segments or the entire World Cruise We find participating in the many activities offered throughout the day to be a very good way to meet new passenger’s and to keep up with those who we have already met.
This morning we attended two lectures. Destination lecturer Bernard Stonehouse discussed the Island of St. Helena. His lecture was very interesting and he provided a good deal of information about this port of call. It’s fame came from being the location where Napoleon had been exiled to.
Later in the morning, we attended a lecture given by Dr. Art Ulene . The subject of the lecture was “Living with Stress without Getting Sick.” The audience participated in this lecture and Dr. Ulene provided a good deal of solid information on techniques to use to relieve stress and the correlation between stress and ones health.
Following Dr. Art Ulene’s lecture we went to team trivia. Today was a good day for our team as we finished in a tie for second place. After trivia we had lunch in the Lido Café. We each had a very nice salad. After lunch we ran a few errands and then we went to the Men’s doubles Shuffleboard competition.
We wanted to mention that the games are for all passengers. The participation has been quite high. In addition, the crew has been having their own games as well and the results of been mentioned on the daily morning television program that Crystal produces for the ship.
Today, we received an invitation for tomorrow evening to join a some other passenger’s for cocktails in the Captain’s Quarters tomorrow evening. We will write more about that tomorrow.
We had another wonderful dinner in the Main Dining Room. The service and food were both excellent along with the wonderful conversation with our fellow passengers.
Keith & Anne Marie
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