January 16, 2020



Recife, Brazil



My original plan was to leave the ship by 10:00 to go to Casa da Cultura.  This is a city where we were discouraged from walking around except in large groups but there was a free shuttle to the former prison which now houses craft items in the former cells.  I was here last year on the South American cruise.



I woke up at about 8:50 and about twenty minutes later Sherita called and said her plans had changed and did I want to go around 9:30. I said yes (I always lay out everything I need for the next day so I am ready to go quickly. This was a habit I started when I was still working.) and quickly got ready and met her down by the gangway on Deck A.



In Recife you must take a shuttle to the terminal and then walk through the terminal to catch your transportation for the city.  There is now a money exchange in the terminal so it is not as empty as last year.  Once again there was a band playing and a lady dancing in the terminal to welcome us.



The city did not look much different from last year nor did the Casa da Cultura.  I was hoping to find a dress similar to the one I bought last year (which I now use for a pool cover-up) but there was nothing different.  I did buy two little things that came to just under US$9.



We were back on the ship by 12:30. I changed into my bathing suit and went to the Lido for lunch.



When I got to the pool, Sherita was already in and we talked for about 20 minutes and when she left the pool, I swam my laps.  After 75 minutes in the pool I sat in the sun for half an hour.   I was glad I swam when I did because there were about ten people in the pool when I left.



I had decided to eat early with my other table because there was a game of Scattegories this evening at 8:30 (in the middle of Main Sitting) so after the pool I got ready for dinner before Trivia.



Only Diana, Sherita, and I were present on our team.  We had 11 out of 17 and the winning team had all 17.


1.What company’s logo is a bird named Larry?

2.What type of whale is the heaviest to every exist?

3.What do these words have in common – peep, noon, kayak, dad, and racecar?

4.What is the only country in South America whose name begins and ends with the same letter?

5.Which fictional character keeps a marmalade sandwich under his hat in case of an emergency?

6.Which letter comes next in this sequence – O T T F F S S?

7.Order these flights from longest to shortest – New York City to Hong Kong. Barcelona to Copenhagen, London to Dubai, Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.



Sherita and I went to dinner from trivia.  After dinner Billy, our server, said we would lose another hour tonight.  I thought we had not changed time zones in Brazil last year so I was confused. Turns out someone made a mistake – we do not have a time change.  Hamish repeatedly reminded us that there was no change both before and after the show.   The show tonight was the Amsterdam Entertainers in “That’s Life” with songs from swing and jazz.



Scattegories was in the Crow’s Nest and we had four teams competing.  I played with a group of people I did not know.  We came in last.



When I returned to my cabin there was a note reminding us not to change our clocks.



At sea tomorrow on our way to Rio.



Trivia

1.Twitter

2.blue whale

3.they are palindromes

4.Argentina

5.Paddington Bear

6.E (the letters represent one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight)

7. longest is NYC to Hong Kong, then London to Dubai, then Barcelona to Copenhagen, and the shortest is Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.

                                 Welcome to Recife!

         the old prison - as you might guess there was wi-fi

            Below are some views of Recife from the pool deck

Smooth sailing until next time!