Life onboard

 We haven't taken as many pictures of our daily activities. I did get a picture of me with the assistant cruise director, Nora from Norway. She has a great laugh and is fun to talk with. She does most of the music trivia that we suck at but enjoy going to anyways. Our best night was the 80's. Our worst night was James Bond themes. All this is to win the fabled purple tulip. This is me hoping for one. 

We had a masquerade night. Part of the fun was a treasure hunt searching for broken pieces of these masks. Jack actually found one in the library. Matt would be so proud. For that, we won the coveted purple tulip.


We did get the chance to see the southern cross one night in the sky. The captain turned off all the lights on the back of the boat so we could see it.


We had a fabulous marine biologist onboard who lectured on whales, sharks, currents, sea slang, and other things. She is a fabulous presenter and we learned a lot from her. Jack snapped this picture because he loved that the slide shows 20 knots twice.

We got to know the activities team really well. They lead our Tai Chi classes, origami classes, and other activities. They are from left to right- Agatha from Brazil, Diana from Zimbabewe, Andrea from Columbia and Muriel from the Philippines. This was the night of the ball.
Also, our cruise director, Robbie, was from Halifax Nova Scotia. He led the choir, did zumba classes, did our tour of the ship and many other activities we participated in. He said he would be our emotional support Canadian. This is us just after Latin Fitness.





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