Thursday, September 25

No September 24 for us this year...we crossed the International Date Line. Yet another lazy day at sea with the usual modicum of activity: Trivia and Watercolors. The trivia questions on this ship are fiendish! For example, what is the national game of India? Virtually every team said “cricket,” but the correct answer was Parcheesi of all things!

Friday, September 26

The main has been bounding since yesterday evening. At lunchtime today we were heading directly into 14 foot swells and had slowed to 15 knots. I skipped Watercolors today as I didn’t feel like tripping the light fantastic up the stairs to the place where it is held. Two more days at sea before we get to Hakodate, Japan.