BLOG, THE SECOND

November 13, 2018

We were boring today.  After breakfast in the Windsong Restaurant, our plan was to go to trivia in the main theater.  We got seats and then before the event started, I went down to the crew’s area to file for reimbursement and to receive our stipend.  That took way longer than I expected, and by the time I was back in the theater they were revealing the answers.  I had missed the whole trivia and Bonnie proceeded by herself.  I would only have added two correct answers to her score, so she done good.  But we did not win.  Nor did we win the afternoon trivia, but we had a higher score.

In between that excitement we had lunch at the Lido.  I had a cheeseburger at Guy Ferreira’s joint and she had French fries and fruit.

The Canadians did not join us for supper tonight, but folks who had the table for two beside of us the night before were back and we had an enjoyable conversation and a good supper.  I had salmon cakes and Mom had spare ribs.  She had some kind of parfait for dessert (with chocolate and marshmallows – it was called Smores, I think), and I had coffee.  I passed on the melting chocolate cake tonight.

We booked a 5 ½ hour excursion tomorrow that takes us into the downtown, a museum, a rum factory, and other stuff, plus lunch is provided.  Stand by for that report tomorrow night as we sail away from Amber Cove, Dominican Republic.

After the morning trivia we just stayed in the theater to hear the “shopping expert” go on and on about the deals that are out there and how she has gotten the best deals for us and we will save so much money we’ll be able to buy the cruise ship.  We didn’t plan to go to the shopping talk, we just got into it by osmosis.  And we both agree – we will never sit through another one of those again.  Ever!  It was like a circus side show, a snake oil salesman, a used car salesman, and phony faith healer all rolled into one.  Oh my goodness!

Tonight’s entertainer was juggler-comedian Dana Tison whom we saw on the Splendor a couple of weeks ago.  He was better than the last time.  He brought a woman up on stage to be his assistant and she was a total dude, but her lack of cooperation was very funny and the audience rolled with laughter.  His finale is a bit where he juggles three hatchets over a man who is laying blindfolded on the floor.  Actually he shows the hatchets, blindfolds the volunteer and then switches to soft juggling clubs, one of which he drops on the poor, unsuspecting fellow.  Not being the one who is blindfolded, we found it screaming hilarious!

And now we are back in our den, ready for some shut-eye.  Until next time ...

TTFN