After we wrote and posted yesterdays Blog, we attended last nights evening entertainment program. The first act was a show featuring a variety of marionettes and was quite unique and entertaining. There were so many different marionettes that it was hard to believe that there were only two puppeteers involved with the show. The second act of the show featured Comedian Mike Goddard. He has performed for many years and he has toured with the Beatles and Rod Stewart and has appeared with other famous entertainers including Elton John, Johnnie Mathis, and Cliff Richard. His humor was wonderful and he had us along with the rest of the audience in tears with laughter. We look forward to his next performance.
This morning we awoke early and had a nice breakfast in the Lido Café. We spoke with a few of the regular passenger’s who we see in the café on most mornings. We also met a gentleman who posts regularly on the Cruise Critic Boards who had been looking for us since the start of this cruise segment. Coincidentally, he had asked another fellow passenger if he knew us, which he did, so he pointed him our way this morning. He wanted to meet us and to also thank Keith for having answered a number of questions that he has posted from time-to-time on the Cruise Critic Boards.
After breakfast we went to the Fitness Center for our regular workout. Anne Marie worked out on the treadmill and Keith worked out on the elliptical machine.
In the last 24 hours Anne Marie started to come down with very similar symptoms that Keith initially had gotten when he got sick. We decided that it would be a good idea for Anne Marie to go ahead and see the Doctor early on to try to avoid some of the symptoms that Keith eventually came down with. So, after our workout Keith went with Anne Marie to see the doctor and he prescribed the same medications that he had prescribed for Keith so hopefully that will help. Keith is now almost 100% back to normal.
Later in the morning, Keith attended a presentation given by lecturer Clint Van Zandt, a former FBI profiler while Anne Marie rested in the room. The title of his lecture was Psychological Profiling, Part II : Solving Famous Unsolved Cases”. Mr. Zandt discussed many famous cases both old and fairly new. His talk was interesting and one of the walk away items was how the various cable television shows have tried to sensationalize some of these cases. Keith realized that he has seen Mr. Zandt on television from time-to-time commenting on some of the mystery cases that he spoke about at this mornings lecture.
After the lecture we went to Team Trivia. Our team correctly answered eleven of fifteen questions and finished in a tie for third place. Hopefully, we’ll do better tomorrow. ☺
Following Team Trivia we went to lunch in the main dining room with another couple who is on the Full World Cruise with us who we sat with at dinner during two of the World Cruise Segments. It was wonderful to catch up with this couple. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch as we always along with a wonderful conversation.
Earlier in the evening we attended a Crystal Society Reception prior to dinner. This was the second of four formals for this segment of the cruise. We had a wonderful time talking with some of our fellow passengers and with some of the crewmembers. As we have mentioned before, as soon as a passenger completes their first Crystal Cruise they become a member of the Crystal Society. There are over 300,000 Crystal Society Members. During the reception, the Crystal Society Hostess recognized a few passengers’ by name who have reached some significant milestones relative to the number of cruises they have sailed on with Crystal and then they called up two passenger’s who had achieved an even higher milestone of completed cruises.
We had a very special dinner this evening as we dined with the Cruise Director, Gary Hunter, the World Cruise Hostess, Krista Pope, and the Crystal Society Hostess, Jamie Brown, in the Silk Road Japanese Specialty Restaurant. We thoroughly enjoyed a wonderful dinner along with an outstanding conversation and feel so very fortunate to have had the opportunity to dine with these very special people.
Tomorrow, we will have another day at sea before we reach our first port of call in Egypt.
Keith & Anne Marie
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