Today is
the first of three straight sea days and actually six of the next seven days
will be sea days including a couple of days sailing up the Amazon. Val woke up feeling better this morning so
maybe her cold will be short lived. We
slept late and spent the morning relaxing until it was time for lunch in the Lido.
After
lunch, Val was feeling well enough to attend trivia so she was off to
that. They finally have some guest
lecturers on board so this afternoon we wanted to go to the first one of
those. The lecture was followed by a
port talk on our upcoming port which will be the last one before starting up
the Amazon.
When Val
left for trivia, I left for the showroom to save seats for the upcoming
lectures. These are very popular and
unless you get there early, you end up getting very poor seats. I went a half hour early and spent the
time reading until Val showed up just before the talk began. We thought we were going to hear a talk about
the Amazon, but the title was a little misleading as it was actually a talk on
a sea battle that took place off the coast of Brazil at the beginning of World
War II. It was interesting, but not really
what we were expecting so we were a little disappointed.
After the
first lecture, the port guide came on and gave her talk on our next port. It is another large city with the focus being
primarily the beaches. As always, it was
a good talk and now we know what to look for and do. After the talk we walked back through our
room and walked through the casino and of course had to stop. We both played one slot machine and while I
quickly lost my money, Val played for quite a while and ended up breaking even.
We returned
to our room and Val rested while I updated the blog and caught up
on my e-mail. Val continued feeling
better and decided she would return to our normal evening routine so when it
was time, we were off to trivia, dinner and the casino.
We were
back in our room by 10:00 and called it a night and even though Val is feeling
much better, it is important for her to keep getting rest. Tomorrow is the second of our three
consecutive sea days.
Day 32
We were up
earlier this morning and Val continues to recover. She still has a stuffy head and a runny nose,
but she doesn’t feel nearly as sick. We
are waiting know to see if and when I catch it as that is usually the case we
are on a cruise. The morning was spent
not doing very much; we spent a while in the Neptune Lounge while our room was
being cleaned and then I updated the blog and Val read until it was time for
lunch.
Right after
lunch we headed off to the casino for the first round of the second slot
tournament of the cruise. We both did
horribly and will have to try again to qualify in the second round. After the slot tournament, Val was off to
trivia and I returned to our room to start sorting through all the pictures we
took at the Sambadrome.
After
spending a short time working on our pictures, I left for the showroom for a
lecture on the flora and fauna of the Amazon Basin. This lecture is by the other guest lecturer
who came on board in Rio. Val joined me
in the showroom for the lecture after she finished trivia.
After the
lecture, we returned to our room and Val rested while I continued to work on
our pictures until almost dinnertime.
Tonight is another formal night so it took us a bit longer to get ready,
but we made it to trivia on time for the start of our evening routine. We now have three of our team of six with a
cold as Roy joins Val and Wally. It
doesn’t take long for colds to spread on a cruise ship.
After
trivia it was dinner and the casino and then we called it a night. Tomorrow is the last sea day before our next
port.
Friday, March 8
Day 33
Today is
our third and final sea day in a row before our next port tomorrow. We slept in and I’m sad to say, my luck ran
out; I woke up this morning with a sore throat so it looks like I have the cold
now. Val is feeling much better so at
least one of us is healthy. She had an amazingly short cold; I hope I'm as lucky. The morning
was spent resting and reading until it was time for lunch.
There was a
Mega Trivia (whatever that is) today in the showroom so after lunch Val was off to that and I went
back to our room to rest a while longer.
There was a lecture today on the agricultural development in the Amazon
Basin so I went to join Val in the showroom after trivia was over. After the lecture, we headed back to our
room, but did make a brief stop in the casino.
Val read
for a while and I continued to work on our pictures until it was time for
dinner. We did our usual routine of
dinner, trivia and the casino, but tonight Roy didn’t show up for trivia so it
looks like he succumbed to his cold. I had a
so-so night in the casino tonight, but Val hit a nice jackpot of almost $500 so
she ended the night very happy.
I called it
an early night as I wanted to get as much rest as I could to try and fight off
this cold. Tomorrow we will be in
Fortaleza, Brazil.
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