Day 57

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OCTOBER 26, 2019

 SEA DAY

















What a perfect day!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQetemT1sWc

A sea day means a bridge (the card game) day. We had seven tables - 28 people - playing duplicate bridge, the most since leaving London. There were several newbies, who slowed things somewhat, but that's OK. We all were rookies once.

 In San Juan 700 travelers left the ship and 700 new ones replaced them. Today Karen and I had a thoroughly enjoyable lunch with one of the newcomers, an 83 year old gentleman from Waterloo Ontario, a widower. We shared histories, stories and experiences. Many of our meals follow that easy format. This comfortable informality with strangers has lead to both parties in due course planning future meals together. 


This afternoon we attended a presentation by the Excursion Manager regarding our three day tour of the Atacama Desert in December. The Manager outlined the hour by hour itinerary and what we can expect during our flights, the five-star accommodations, meals and the sites we will visit. The slides on the screen showed a top-notch expedition. There are only sixteen of us on this tour. 


You probably don't know the name Rachel Portman, but she is a composer who has written the music for over 50 Hollywood movies, including, Legend of Bagger Vance, Oliver Twist, Hart's War, Emma, Nicholas Nickleby, The Joy Luck Club, Chocolat, and the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSGK1ntnzdw 

 You will hear more from Rachel Portman as the voyage continues.


Comments

  1. GnTOctober 27, 2019 at 10:48 AM

    Here comes the sun in Victoria as well after an appalling Fall.
    That was a huge turnover of passengers in Puerto Rico, what, almost 80% of the passengers?
    Enjoying your blog very much...... as Rick Steeves would say "keep on travelling (blogging").

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