FIRST DAY AT SEA

December 6, 2016

And my first talk.  A good, appreciative crowd.  Laughed at all the right places.  Hung around and asked good questions.  Tomorrow is Barcelona and then a sea day and “History, It’s What’s For Dinner.”

Today was the first of three formal nights, and my tuxedo jacket fits a little better than it did on the last cruise.  Eating soup from cans while nursing a surgery patient paid off.  And I’ve been careful so far, not stuffing myself.  Except for ice cream at lunch time.  They present two flavors every day.  The only one I passed on was rhubarb ice cream.  I’m pretty sure it would make a bull moose do back flips and beg for mercy.  I remember eating rhubarb out of the back yard at 117 Shenandoah Avenue.  Nasty stuff.  The rhubarb, not 117.

The Pacific Princess singers and dancers put on a 40 minute non-stop show called “Motown.”  High energy.  Great singing and dancing.  We’ve seen the show on other Princess ships, but this crew was tops.  The stage is small, and it seems like it concentrates their energy.  Very enjoyable indeed.

Tomorrow we arrive in Barcelona at noon and sail away at 11 p.m.  The ship is featuring English Pub Lunches tomorrow – fish and chips, bangers and mash, shepherd’s pie, Scotch eggs, and such.  We always enjoy that so we will drop in before catching a shuttle into town.  No plans for tomorrow, just some wandering around.  Hopefully see some churches and maybe a museum.  Always a good time.

Well, we are both tired from doing a lot of nothing today, so this will be short, and hopefully sweet.  See you tomorrow from Spain.

TTFN!