DAY 36 DAY 25 SERENITY

A DAY AT SEA

We began last  evening  with a drink at  the Crystal Cove. Richard  Pucci  was in the Avenue Saloon as part of a special Happy Music Trivia program.  Entertainers Ana & Humberto performed and we  enjoyed their music.
 

We returned to dinner at Waterside.  These are the dinner menus.

Last evening was White Extravaganza so many guests such as ourselves were wearing something white.

We began with appetizers.   Keith had a Poisson Cruise which is Sashimi Tuna.  It is marinated in Lime-Coconut which added to its flavoring and was delicious.  Anne Marie  had Shrimp Cocktail.  We split the Eggplant Roulade Appetizer which was rolled eggplant with Gorgonzola Cheese and  Walnut & Cassis  inside the roll.  Another delicious  appetizer.

We  both enjoyed dinner salads and  for our main  course we had Pan Seared Salmon.   It had a pepper cruse and was moist.  

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The evening entertainment featured comedian Tony Daro.  The  Crystal White Extravaganza Party  was held at the Crystal Plaza between 10:30 and 11:30 PM.

For the second evening in  a row  the good news was turning the  clock back 30 minutes for a  total of one  hour.  This allows us to get on the time zone for our next port of call of Rangiroa.

We  enjoyed a  day at sea  as we sail to Bora Bora.

We slept well and appreciated the extra 30 minutes of time and began our day  with our  regular routine.  This included an early morning visit to the Fitness Center  by  Keith.  He also added in a run on the  Promenade Deck  before breakfast.  He stopped for a  moment  when he saw a rainbow on the starboard side  of  the ship.

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We enjoyed breakfast in our room.    Afterwards, Anne  Marie  walked while Keith went on  another run.

The morning session included two talks.

Bill  Toon spoke about Living  with Gorilla which included stories from the forest in Uganda.

This was followed by Ocean Views.  

Ocean Views which is a panel discussion where the audience can participate with an electronic  device allowing them to vote on  a series of questions before and after a topic  is discussed.   It  was moderated  by Professor Roberto D'Alimonte and included  retired General  Nick Halley, Own Ullmann and Dr. Doug Beason.   The  session  was well done.   It  covered  lots of topics  and was very interesting  to see not only what the panelists think  but the  guests.   A test question  was what ship are  you  on?  Serenity, Symphony , Titanic.   Titanic  did score in the double digits.  LOL.

First question  asked people  if they thought  of themselves as liberals, conservative, moderates, or didn't  want to  answer.  For example, one question  was about  what poses the greatest  threat to the  United States of  America?  Answers included Russia, China, Iran, along with a couple of other choices.   

The enrichment program also included non-stop activities starting at 7:00 AM and continuing until 6:00 PM.

Anne  Marie did Yoga and worked on her Knitting and Keith ran for the second time of the day.

Keith played in the Men's  Doubles Paddle Tennis tournament.  The original game was rained out and today was its make-up day. 

We plan to  attend the  World Games Closing Ceremony later today.

Following  is the daily Reflections  Program.

Cheers,

​Anne  Marie & Keith