128 Days Around the World

January 17, 2020

At Sea

As usual, my morning began with knitting in the Crow’s Nest. Bonnie, who was on the 2018 GWV, joined us for the first time this cruise. We discussed our Buenos Aires field trip to Av.Raul Scalabrini Ortiz next week.

All were present for morning trivia but that did not help our score. We only had 7 out of 15 and the winners had 12.

1.What is the world’s third largest market for beer?

2.Who was Norm’s wife on Cheers?

3.Who invented Arabic numerals?

4.The alcoholic beverage “poteen” comes from which country?

5.What color was Green Lantern’s weakness?

6.From what movie did Duran Duran get their name?

I almost finished my Project Linus blanket before lunch but will have it finished for tomorrow. I will work on it after I finish today’s blog entry.

There was a good Indian menu in the Lido which I enjoyed for lunch.

In arts & crafts we decorated a notebook for keeping papers from the cruise. Sherita and I sat afterwards and she worked on uploading pictures and I worked on checking opening hours for the yarn shops in Buenos Aires. Luckily, we are there on Friday because they close early on Saturdays and are not open at all on Sunday.

We did not do much better with afternoon trivia, only having 14 out of 21. Winners had 19.

1.What was the first war that graduates of West Point fought in?

2.What was the biggest city in the US when the first census was taken in 1790?

3.What sport uses plugs and leaders?

4.What newsperson married Maury Povich?

5.Which African country was the setting for the books “Out of Africa” and “The Green Hills of Africa”?

6.What TV show lost Jim Carrey when he became involved in movies? (today happens to be his birthday)

7.Which president made George H. W. Bush CIA director?

8.What is the most frequently chosen dog name that begins with the letter “L”?

9.(worth 2 points) What was the name of Sherlock Holmes landlady?

I have taken to walking back to my cabin after trivia on the outside deck (much more interesting than a corridor of doors). Today I stood and watched the ocean for about 15 minutes since once again there was not enough time to swim before it got dark. It was beautiful out on deck without too much wind and the temperature had cooled down since it was near sunset.

Tonight was our third Gala Night and the theme was “Gold, Glitz, and Gleam” which the “When & Where” (the daily program) described as “a great night to shine for wealth, grandeur, and prosperity.” The dining room was decorated with gold accents. We had a special menu and I had the surf and turf as usual. Before that, though, I had another cold soup which is now my favorite so far. It was a chilled strawberry bisque and was as good as a milkshake. There was some talk on Cruise Critic today that the cold soups had mostly disappeared on the non-grand voyages. The general agreement was that HAL needs to keep the cold soups on all cruises.

After dinner I went to see the pianist, Tim Abel. He played a little of everything – rock, ragtime, classical, and boogie-woogie. I think I have seen him before.

When I returned to my cabin there was another pillow gift. It was an external power bank that can charge three devices at the same time.

One more day at sea before Rio.

Morning trivia

1.Brazil

2.Vera

3.Indians

4.Ireland

5.yellow

6.Barbarella (thanks, Betsy, or I would not have known the answer)

Afternoon trivia

1.War of 1812

2.Philadelphia

3.fishing

4.Connie Chung

5.Kenya

6.In Living Color

7.Ford

8.Lady

9.Mrs. Hudson