Monday
Day 10 – At Sea
So far we
have traveled 3,100 nautical miles, which is equivalent to about 3,570 regular
miles. The weather has been good with slightly
overcast or sunny days and gentle seas.
As we sail south the days are slowly becoming warmer and more humid as
we get closer to the equator. Today’s
high will be about 80 degrees, with the humidity at 75%. Tomorrow we cross the International Dateline
so we will miss Tuesday, but don’t worry, we’ll make up for it by having two
Fridays later on in the cruise.
We were
looking forward to a relaxing day at sea after four days of ports so we decided
to sleep in and have room service deliver our breakfast to our room this
morning. One of the nice things about
cruising is the availability of complimentary twenty-four hour room service
which we often take advantage of for breakfast.
The weather is balmy with just enough breeze to keep things cool so it
was very pleasant eating breakfast out on the balcony watching the sea roll by.
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After
breakfast we attended a talk on our next stop, Fanning Island. I wasn’t really expecting much after hearing
how poor and impoverished the islanders are, but the island looks beautiful and
even though they are very poor, they seem to live a happy and rich life. After the talk, Val and I went down and met
with the future cruise consultant and booked another cruise, which in fact is
another thirty day cruise. It is called
the Inca Empire and is another roundtrip out of San Diego leaving in March of
2014. The itinerary brings us down the
west coast of Mexico, Central America and as far south as Lima, Peru in South
America. The big draw for us was that the
cruise has a three day stop in Lima with an option for an excursion to Machu
Picchu which we plan to do. Very exciting
for us!
By the time
we finished booking our cruise, it was time for lunch which created a bit of a
problem for us. Normally we eat a late
lunch, but Val’s team trivia starts at 1:15 and by the time it ends the Lido is
closed for lunch. We decided to grab a
snack in the Neptune Lounge and go the Terrace Grill when she was
finished. That worked out just fine as
we grabbed a couple of hamburgers from the Terrace Grill when she finished and
ate out on deck by the Seaview Pool.
I had
planned on spending today catching up on processing our photos and catching up
on the blog so after lunch I spent most of the afternoon doing that. Val spent some time out and about on the ship
and then returned and helped me finish up the blog. We spent the rest of the day reading until it
was time to get ready for dinner, no show for us tonight. It was a formal night in the dining room so
many of us were dressed up for the evening.
After dinner we had a very quick night in the casino and then called it
a day. I might add that we have our
fixed dining time at 8:00, and then usually go to the casino for a little
while, and after that we might stop somewhere else, so it is usually closer to
11:00 before we’re back to our stateroom for the evening.
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| Entre - Seared Pompano Fillet with Lemon-Parsley Vinginrette |
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| Dessert - White Chocolate Chef's Toque filled with Chocolate Mousse |
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| Dessert - Dutch Apple Cake |
Before we
left home we were wondering how we would like a cruise as long as this 30 day
cruise and so far it seems like it will be just fine, and in fact, it is going
by much too fast. Today we finished the
first third of our trip and it seems like we just left. I have tried to describe what the sea days
are like, but it’s hard to convey how nice they are, you can do as much or
little as you want, eat when you want and just not have to worry about
anything. The ports are the main thing
of interest on the cruise, but the sea days have a special appeal also
especially after a few days in port.
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