More on last evening. After dinner, Anne Marie went to the Crystal show called El Amor de Argentina. She enjoyed the show and it included a variety of Argentinean music and dancing. Her favorite part of the show was a spoof on Dancing With The Stars. This included four crewmembers and two professional dancers. Each professional dancer danced two times, thus creating four dancing couples. All four couples did a wonderful job and they each danced a Tango. Of particular note were the third and the forth couples. The third couple was Captain Otto and one of the professional dancers and they did a variety of dance moves including the dance professional leaping onto the Captain’s shoulders. The forth couple included the Cruise Director, Gary Hunter, dressed as a woman, and he was with a male professional dancer. When Gary first appeared it was difficult to precisely know which crewmember it was. He did several elaborate moves with the professional dancer, including Gary being spun around several times. It was definitely a highlight of the evening. Each morning, there is a 30-minute television talk show hosted by Krista Pope, the World Cruise Hostess, and Gary Hunter and they spent a portion of the program discussing all of the preparation that went into his dance including his costume and all of the practicing that went into the dance. One passenger called in to say it was the most memorable performance they had seen in all of their cruising. Gary is a wonderful cruise director and we are very happy that he is on-board for the full world cruise.
This morning we woke early and when we looked out our verandah we saw snow on the balcony. This is the first time it has ever snowed on any cruise we have taken. While having breakfast in the Lido Café we could see large snowflakes all around us. We also observed a variety of icebergs in the ocean of varying sizes and shapes throughout the morning. Following breakfast we worked out in the Fitness Center. Anne Marie worked out on the treadmill while Keith worked out on the Elliptical Machine.
The captain announced that due to the poor weather conditions that the ship would sail directly towards Elephant Island for our cruise around this island starting at 5:00 PM rather than the original plan of 7:00 PM. As it turned out when we passed by this island visibility was poor so we could not see land.
As is the case with all sea days there are many activities planned for today. Anne Marie went to her Piano Class at 9:00 AM while Keith read and then Keith attended a lecture given by journalist Ken Rees; title “Operation Falklands – A Close Run Thing”. It deals with the British/Argentinean 1982 conflict in the Falkland Islands based on reporter Ken Ress’ experiences while covering this war. Almost 1,000 individuals died in this war and the total cost of this war was approximately two billion dollars. He also discussed the impact that this war had on the Falkland Islands, post war, and also provided a description of today’s environment in this area of the world. We are scheduled to tender off Port Stanley this coming Friday although all of this is dependent on weather conditions. Should weather conditions hold up we are scheduled to take an excursion, which will include the viewing of sparrows and penguins at this port of call.
Later in the morning we had Team Trivia. The good news is that we tied with a few other teams for first place for today’s game. After Team Trivia we ate lunch in the main dining room.
Before dinner we went to see the Repertory Theatre At Sea titled The Frog Prince. This play was written by Playwright David Mamet who gave a new and quirky spin to the classic story of a Prince who is turned into a frog and needs the kiss of a Fair Maiden to turn him back to a Prince. Repertory Theatre At Sea is unique to Crystal and is offered from time to time on Crystal’s Cruise Ships. It involves actors (usually three or four) who perform a short play. We really enjoyed the Repertory Theatre At sea.
This evening we went to Silk Road, the Japanese Specialty Restaurant with three other couples. One of the couples is on the first two segments of the World Cruise and the other two couples are on the entire World Cruise. We had a wonderful time at dinner with wonderful food and wonderful conversation. As we have mentioned, Nobu was developed by world renowned Chef Nobu who has restaurants in some of the major cities around the world. The food served in this restaurant is outstanding, along with the terrific service provided by the entire staff who works there.
Keith & Anne Marie
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