Amazon Cruise 9

Wednesday, December 5  --  At sea

Wednesday, December 5  --  At sea

Well, here I am back again. Today went very smoothly as far as the weather and sea conditions are concerned.

This afternoon's lecture was on the geology of the Atlantic Ocean. It was interesting, but not a lot that I didn't already know. This lecturer has been on for the whole trip doing a different program each sea day. He's from North Bay, Ontario where he taught secondary school for his whole career. His interests are eclectic but lean toward the sciences, especially geology and astronomy.

After the lecture, we began considering packing. That is, Margaret actually began organizing her stuff, while I just sat around considering the idea of packing. While organizing, Margaret found her Kindle which she had been hunting for this past week.

Tonight was the ladt Gala Dinner. We arrived to find our table det for 8 instead of the 6 we had planned for. There was the two of us, Sandy and Stew, and Linda and Dave who have been joining us recently. At promptly 8:00 p.m. Two young men of the ship's officers joined us. One is a junior engineer, and the other is part of the Deck Crew which means that he works on the bridge. They were all gussied up in their formal dress uniforms with gold braid on the sleeves, waistcoats with gold buttons and a watch chain. Very handsome. Anyway, a good time and a good dinner were had by all.

Thursday, December 6  --  At sea

Ah, last day of the cruise. Pack pack pack...all done by 3:30 p.m. except for what I have on. After a month of warm weather, I'm not looking forward to instant winter. And this really is the end of this trip account until I try to add photos.