December 11, 2008 – At Sea

It was another beautiful day and we took it easy in the morning going to a bridge lesson, catching the last half of Terry Breen’s lecture about Mayan writing, calendars and mathematics. It is interesting that the Mayans used the concept of zero centuries before the Arabs developed it. Following that was a lecture about the history of sugar and rum and included a tasting of 4 different sipping rums. Following that we joined 7 other full cruise guests for lunch with Captain John who felt that we had helped him acclimate to and enjoy his first extended cruise. Following lunch there was another King Neptune Equator Crossing ceremony and it was equal to the last one as we went south. Just as the ceremony began a whale was seen jumping out of the water off the port side. It made multiple jumps coming completely out of the water. The ceremony was just as creative as the first one and the entire cast ended up in the pool and had a lot of fun. The evening’s dress code was formal and the Seven Seas Society party was held before dinner. We joined friends for dinner which featured escargot and rack of lamb. We skipped the show which was a repeat and later went to Liar’s Club and had some god laughs. The clocks were turned back one hour before going to sleep putting us 1 hour ahead of the Eastern time zone.