128 Days Around the World

February 29, 2020

At Sea

I woke up at 8 to try to get on the internet. Last night I was able to get the blog up but not the pictures. They loaded very quickly but I could not save them. I could not get on Cruise Critic at all. This morning was a little better and I managed to get everything up in about an hour. It was another case of getting on-line, trying to open a site, and then being told there was no connection. Through the grapevine I heard that HAL had changed companies that provide the satellite connection since I was on Prinsendam last year. We had pretty good service then, now it is just plain bad. I think there might have been a mutiny already if we were paying by the minute (most of us have an unlimited plan).

Up to Sit and Stitch and we had a full house. I continue working on my socks (one of four projects that I have going) because I will likely need those needles for my next project.

In morning trivia we had 12 out of 15 and the winners had 14.

1.What are the two countries that border the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere?

2.Which of the five senses is less sharp after you eat too much?

3.Which nation has 60% of the world’s tigers?

4.What does the “Q” in Q-tips stand for?

5.What is the largest feline?

6.Which witch was flattened by a house in The Wizard of Oz?

Lunch in the Lido after some work on my Linus blanket. In Arts & Crafts we made earrings to go with the necklace we made the other day.

In afternoon trivia we had 15 out of 17 and the winners had 16.

1.What type of cheese is Emmental?

2.Which sport would you be participating in if you do a “flick-flack”?

3.In 1997 The Simpsons replaced what show as the longest running cartoon?

4.What is the plural of mongoose?

5.How many tuning pins are in the neck of a violin?

We had started having some movement and had encountered some strong winds so swimming was out. They were even netting the Lido Pool as I walked by on the way to the back deck. It was even too windy to sit out.

This morning I received a notice that HAL did not have a copy of my visa for Sri Lanka. Well of course they didn’t, they never asked for it. (This was true for almost everyone.) So, I took my copy to Guest Services so they would have one. Everyone I talked to had gotten a transit visa because that was what HAL told us to get in the pre-cruise paperwork. Nobody knows if this will still be good since we now have a second port in Sri Lanka.

Tonight was another Gala Night and the theme was “Bowlers and Bumbershoots” in honor of our arrival to Commonwealth nations. I was hoping for a HAL umbrella as our pillow gift but once again there was no gift (there is a real cutback from previous years). The dinner was very good, however and I then went to see the second performance by Annie Frances. She is very popular because there was a good crowd for the 9:30 show which isn’t always true.

Another sea day tomorrow.

Morning trivia

1.Argentina and Chile

2.hearing

3.India

4.quality

5.tiger

6.Wicked Witch of the East

Afternoon trivia

1.Swiss

2.gymnastics

3.The Flintstones

4.mongooses

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