This is a sea day cruising the channel from west of Cuba south to San Andreas, Columbia for a technical stop. The seas were flat for most of the morning, but picking up slightly in the afternoon. No satellite service, so no blackberry and no internet on the ship. There are several ship activities scheduled for today including a talk by Bob Graham (Dem FL) that is competing with a dessert cooking demonstration at 11am. We have decided to pass on both. We took the morning to get caught up on this journal after eating a leisurely breakfast on the back deck of LaVeranda.
Debbie found a banana on the buffet this morning so she could have her oatmeal+banana breakfast that she came to enjoy on the last long cruise we did. The buffet was better setup this morning than yesterday with an active omelet station (and bananas). There was no bleach incident today either. Debbie is missing morning exercise classes because of scheduling. The sit-down breakfast does not begin until 7:30 but classes run from 7 to 9. She could exercise on an empty stomach and then run to meet me at LaVeranda for a sit-down breakfast but she found herself nauseous between the ship's motion and exercise on an empty stomach. We will have to try to work something out.
At lunch, there was a fresh fish extravaganza at the pool grill. Clay ate some salmon and tuna, having passed on mahi mahi. He also ate anchovies which required some heavy breathe cleansing once back in the cabin.
We have a heavy social schedule over the next day or so. Tonight, there is a Brown & Keene cocktail party. (B&K is the travel Agency through which we booked this trip.) We are eating at the Food & Beverage Manager's table this evening, and there is a special cocktail party and luncheon in the Signature's Restaurant tomorrow for the full world cruisers.
We had a restful afternoon looking at a movie, Debbie's spraying some clothes with mosquito repellant for our Panama Canal transit tomorrow and then Costa Rica, and then having some quiet time. Clay spent the afternoon on the balcony reading, napping and generally vegging out looking at the sea go by. Debbie sealed off the bedroom area from the sitting area of the cabin by drawing a set of heavy drapes and took a nap.
The Voyager's stability has impressed us. Except for the annoying vibration, it is a very stable ship. Debbie has been able to go without her seabands for limited periods of time. This is something she was notable to do on the Diamond or the Crown Odyssey.
We attended a Brown & Keene cocktail party at 6pm. They had an open bar and served hors d'oeuvre that were tasty. It was good seeing people who you know from the LCT board.
Afterwards, we had dinner with the Food & Beverage Manager, Laurens Hazelebach who hosted us and an agent from Brown and Keene and her husband. It was a very pleasant meal with special wines being served. He promised that Debbie could eat water buffalo before the cruise is over (Yeah, that will happen.)
