Saturday, March 30, 2019
We’re back at sea for a day, so it’s another “sea day.” Always relaxing, sometimes surprising!
Where am I?
SO, WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
Today, since we were at sea, I spent most of the day sleeping, relaxing, trying not to eat too much, and reading. I think I’ll actually be able to finish an entire book before this cruise is over. If you know me well, you know that it can take up to a year for me to complete a novel. So, with sea days, I’m reading at what I would call a voracious rate.
Still, there was a nifty surprise today. Some of the crew put together a little impromptu talent show for the benefit of the passengers, mostly those passengers that hang out at the Sea View Bar.
These people are not professional singers, and that should be very apparent if you watch the video. Neither is anybody playing an instrument (including iPad drums) a professional musician. These are just some crew members sharing with us passengers a little bit of how they entertain themselves on those two decks way below our own.
I’m very happy to say that almost everyone of these crew members that you’ll see performing have become my friends. So, even though they are not professional performers, their performance reminds me of sitting around a campfire and the beach, drunk as skunks, just doing what we liked to do, which mainly was just enjoying each others company. Well, camp fires are frowned upon on the Lido deck (and other decks, too) but even without one, the feelings of being surrounded by friends, having a good time, and swimming in “joie de vivre” are alive and well on the Amsterdam. Oh, that fancy phrase I just used? That’s french for “laissez les bons temps rouler.”
So here you go!
Anything else?
On these “sea days,” I spend my time doing things to relax. I’ve shared with you some of those things, as well as views of the ship, and other tidbits.
Is there anything that you’d like to hear about or see? If so, let me know and I’ll try to fill you (and the rest of us) in! I’m asking because we’re sailing into the middle east very soon, and there will be lots of “sea days” (11 out of 14, to be exact.) I may just run out of things to tell you about. On the other hand, this could be the blessing you’ve been looking for.
What is it?
So, can you guess what this is?
Ok, I’m not going to leave you guessing this time. I’ll tell you.
This is one of the passengers leaving the buffet, carrying her salad bowl!
Her name is probably Julie. I dunno.
What’s coming up?
Tomorrow, I’m in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m suddenly craving a gin and tonic.
I took your advise and had a couple of drinks before I listened to the crew band. They rocked it! If I were there I probably would have joined in.
I applaud the crew band. How fun! What book are you reading?
I just finished Outsider (Stephen King) and am now reading Sapiens.
Mmmmm… salad.
Have you flown your spider man parachute guy yet?
Love the jam session!
No, Spidey has not flown. There is really no good way to do that on this ship without raising the ire of the staff (and probably of the passengers as well. Too bad.