We got up a bit before 7am and went out to exercise. It was dark and the moon was up. As we walked around the deck, we got to see
the sunrise, which was breathtaking.
An exercise machine:
Another one of the exercise machines, what a view!!!
Sunrise:
New sunlight hitting the front of the ship on deck 7:
A view of the elliptical machine on deck 7 from deck 8:
A leg press machine on deck 8:
A view aft:
After another hour long session, we got ready and went to
breakfast in the Lido where we had our usual omelets and fruit. We then headed for a lecture by Robert
Schrire on “Why Tyrants Survive”. It was
a fascinating account of tyrants and an analysis of the ones that survive and
why. He even presented a play book of the
rules that tyrants should follow to be successful.
After lunch, we relaxed for a bit and then went to team
trivia. It was again a huge number of
teams (30) and we again were middle of the pack. The questions are very obscure, some of which
we can reason out, but most of them are pure guesses. They are facts that none of us even had a
clue about as compared with the questions that you knew the answer at one time
and were trying to recall it.
We did lunch up in the Trident Grill area. Bob had a hamburger with no bun and Julie had
a salmon burger no bun. After lunch, we
relaxed and then went to a 2:30 movie called Chef. It was excellent except we missed the last 30
minutes of it. A few minutes before 4pm,
Julie looked at her watch and said that we had Magic Castle at Sea tickets for
a 5pm show that we completely forgot about.
So, Bob hustled back to get the tickets and Julie went to the show. We barely made it.
We had seen the magic show on the Serenity and this one was
terrific as well. It lasted about 25
minutes where the magician did close up magic of almost all card tricks and
slight of hand. They keep the group
small so it is a very personal experience – there were about 20 people in the
audience. The magician was
excellent. One cool thing is that the
ticket can be used for entrance to the Magic Castle private club in LA if we
ever get in that area.
We then got ready for dinner (the dress was resort casual),
went to the Crystal Cove for a pre-dinner cocktail and listened to the pianist
Bruce Johnson. Dinner again was in the
dining room at 6:15. For appetizers, Julie
had the King Crab, Lump and Dungeness Crabmeat on Avocado Mousse and Bob had
the Warm Sun-Dried Tomato Basic, and Ricotta Cheesecake. We both had the Butternut Squash Bisque for
our second course. For the entrée Julie
had the Charred Norwegian Line Cod, while Bob had the Sous Vide Angus Beef
Striploin, both from the modern menu.
For dessert, Julie had a Mint Chocolate Chunk sundae and Bob had
Cherries Jubilee. Another amazing
meal!!!!
The vegetable cheesecake:
The bisque:
The striploin:
The cod:
Cherries Jubilee:
Sundae:
After dinner, we went to the show by musical humorist Dale
Gonyea. He played the piano and made
jokes using projected pictures of people and places on the ship that he had
taken during the cruise. It was a really
good show, very entertaining.
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