Hong Kong Here We Come

The remainder of this cruise is now sea days, which for us represents the most consecutive sea days at sea.

We set the clocks back last evening as we have and will continue to do several more times during this cruise. We really prefer sailing this way as so many others do. It is preferable to us then moving the clocks forward.

Anne Marie did better last evening. She’s still not working out yet in the Fitness Center but hopefully she will begin workouts soon. Keith was up to the center very early, although about ten minutes later there were a few other passengers working out. Keith worked out at what has become his favorite elliptical machine. There seem to be a greater percentage of passengers on this cruise who prefer one of the stationary bicycles and a particular one at that.

Keith continues to take care of things around the house until Anne Marie is back to normal. After his workout he did a couple of washes and he brought coffee back to the room a couple of times as well. The scary part is when he was showing one of the woman passengers how to use the machines. He has become quite the expert until he put Anne Marie’s formal dress in the washing machine. Just kidding. ☺ We are lucky though that Keith does not have to dust and vacuum the room.

We enjoyed a very nice breakfast in the room. After breakfast, we did take a very long walk on the Promenade Deck for about an hour and fifteen minutes. The fresh air was great for Anne Marie.

There are lots of activities throughout the day and evening hours.

A couple to highlight;

A lecture was given by Ian Perkin who gave a presentation titled“”The Asia Pacific Century – Are We Living It?”

Memoir Writing With Joe Kita. He is the writer who taught memoir writing on the 2007 and 2008 World Cruise. With so many sea days on this cruise it is an opportunity for passengers who have an interest in doing this to get started with their memoirs. Part of writing the memoirs is to share memories and information with family. Of course, some of his students have gone on to publish their memoirs.

At Noon there was team trivia. The questions were very challenging and we did not win. In fact, the team that has won the previous several days of trivia won again. Oh well. There is tomorrow. ☺

For those who enjoy bridge, and there are many on board who do, there was lots of opportunity for them to play and to take classes throughout the day.

In keeping with this being a movie voyage there continues to be three movies shown each day, including Slumdog Millionaire.

A wonderful Matinee Concert was given at 5:00 PM by pianist Halida Dinova and Clarinetist Kevin Schempf.

This evening was the second of the four formal nights that are being held on this cruise. This evening’s dinner in the Main Dining Room was the French Dinner Menu.

We decided to dine in Silk Road this evening knowing that the majority of passengers would be dining in the Main Dining Room. This is the first time during this voyage that we dined by ourselves in one of the Specialty Restaurants. Since we sit at a table for two in the main dining room many times when we dine in the specialty restaurants we try to dine with others.

This evening’s production show is Million Dollar Musicals. There is also Karaoke at 11:00 PM in Luxe.

Yes, we move the clocks back another hour this evening. We love sea days! ☺

Keith and Anne Marie