We lost an hour last night, so slept in until about 8am. We then got up, grabbed a quick bite at the
Bistro and went in to hear Four-star Marine General Zinni who spent several
years in charge of Centcom. He talked
about the Middle East and the situation there.
He discussed a bit of the history and how Islam peaked with the Ottoman
Empire and has been in decline ever since.
Next up was the Cruise Critic Meet and Mingle for a short
visit at 11:30am and then team trivia at noon.
The team did pretty well with 11/15 score, but the winning team had 13.
Lunch was at the grill and then there was a “port” talk,
mostly about Bilbao, Spain and the Guggenheim museum. The museum is amazing architecturally, very
organic, covered in .3 mm thick titanium panels. We can’t wait to see it on Thursday.
That talk was followed by a discussion about the Middle East
and the Arab Spring and really how messed up it is. The people don’t have a clue about what to do
and where to go. The people know that
they don’t like the current situation and need a better economy and freedom of
some kind. It was a bit depressing how
messed up pretty much all of the Middle East countries are.
After that, was the Captain’s party (with Crystal’s
President), which we missed. We then
went to the formal dinner in the dining room for the Captain’s dinner. The food was amazing as usual. After dinner, it was the production show Envelope
Please, which has some great music. Even
Brenda and Alex enjoyed it.
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