December 12, 2008 – At Sea

It was cloudy, windy and raining when we awoke so the deck walk was avoided. We went to a lecture on the history of coffee with a tasting of 4 coffees to learn some differences in flavor. At the end of the talk there were two code blues within 5 minutes and fortunately one was just a fall with no injuries. The ship was rolling around quite a bit due to the weather. We had scheduled a steak tartare lunch for 12 people including Capt John, Doctor Claus and Cruise Director Paul but shortly after we sat Neils, the Executive Chef, came to the table and reported that the galley had lost its water supply and they were unable to clean the grinder to grind the beef so we had to order from the menu. Without complaint we all agreed to try for another day and everyone stayed and we had a great time. After lunch there the semi finals for Navigator Idol were held where 12 crew members sang and we are to vote for the best 6. 3 were easy to dismiss but selecting 6 of the following 9 was a challenge. We had a pleasant dinner with a friend whose husband was sick, saw a so so magician at the show and Pat won $500.00 at the blackjack table.