Yesterday at 2:00 p.m. we sailed from Santa Cruz de La Palma, in the Canary Islands, our last port before docking in Miami November 29. The old town near the port was a pleasant place to wander around for a couple of hours before getting back aboard.
How will we pass the time crossing the Atlantic?
Yesterday we played table tennis in the morning before going ashore, and shuffleboard and croquet after reboarding. We also played Team Scattergories, and watched two shows last night, the production company’s medley of Andrew Lloyd Webber songs and the cruise director’s comedy show. In between, we attended a guest lecturer’s presentation, “The Wisdom in Jewish Humor.” The ship also runs cooking lessons and a spa, so there’s never a shortage of activities.
The clocks were set back another hour last night, as they will be four more times before we reach Miami and Eastern Standard Time. That was what motivated us to stay up for the late show.
Today we’ve been invited to a Thanksgiving Day Luncheon in Toscana hosted by the Hotel Manager, and tonight we have a reservation for one of the specialty restaurants, Jacques, named after Monsieur Pepin, Oceania’s celebrity chef-adviser.
The ship is both rolling and pitching mildly but our medication helps us to cope it with it nicely and we’re enjoying the ride.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.