Jan 30

Jan 29: Our at sea days are becoming fairly routine - up early, eat in the Pavilion which is the only place that opens before 8, sit on the deck in the sun, go to trivia or a lecture, go to lunch, play bridge, go to the Chart Room for beer, come back to the room to dress for dinner (we would love to skip this step), eat dinner, come back to the room for a couple CSIs, then bed. Last night we skipped a Captain’s cocktail party but were invited to another tonight so we are going to go. This will be our 3rd - free booze, “what’s not to like?” Last night was too much. Pago Pago and Fiji don’t sound too exciting so we will probably just visit the pier shops and stay on the ship. 100 bucks for a trip to a beach on an unair-conditioned bus didn’t sound like a good deal to us. Yesterday we were #1 in bridge!!! We would get 0.9 of a master point if we were members of the ACBL!! It was very exciting! Today maybe not so good but we are having fun playing even though some of the “gentlemen” are not at all nice to their wives! We know at least 3 we would bop in the nose if they were ours! Thank God for small favors! TV is still the pits. Last night they did not even have our CSIs for us and right now - before dinner - we are watching Austin City Limits on PBS because there is nothing else! As news junkies we are really suffering. All for now. No pictures today.

Addendum: We 6 managed to scarf down 4 free beers at the Captain’s reception and we promised Chris - our favorite Chart Room waiter - that we would have a blue drink tomorrow. He wanted us to have one tonight BUT after 8 beers this was probably not a good idea. So tomorrow - after bridge we may not drink until after we have dressed for dinner so that Chris, who comes on duty at 6, can sell us our blue drink! All for now - definitely bedtime.