A Special Day AT Sea

  Another day of cruising south along the coast of Chile. As we are getting further south the days are getting longer and the weather cooler. Sunrise is around 6 am and sunset at 10 PM. It is also cool with the temperature less than 50F. We have enough warm clothes for the port visits but probably needed a few warmer things (sweater) during the day for around the ship.

    The morning was started with a light breakfast and then 45 minutes of Zumba! It is a real workout and with the ship rocking a bit today, it was a bit of an unusual experience! We also managed a lecture on South America, a port talk and a Spanish lesson for Judy. I did a cross word puzzle! We also had a Tango class in the afternoon. The teachers are professional dances and probably the worse tango teachers in the world. They explained things in 2 languages – English for the ladies and Spanish for the men. That coupled with the fact that we could not see them (they stood in the middle of about 80 dancers made it very difficult to learn anything (let along the flaring legs!)

Dessert

   However today was a special day because we are among the 40 or so most traveled passengers with Princess. That means that we were invited to the Captain's private luncheon. It was really done up! We were met at the door by the hostess, introduce to the Captain, had our picture taken (which was developed and given out later) and shown to our table. We sat with the Head of the Hotel Operations. He was a very easy going Italian from Northern Italy in charge of almost everything dealing with the passengers. There were name takes at each spot along with a menu with our names printed individually on it. We were seated with an American couple and one from Calgary Alberta. Maggie went to the University of Windsor and graduated in 1974. She worked for Shell Oil in Clagary before she retired!

  

More Desserts

 For lunch we had lobster Tarte Tatin to start followed by Peach Sorbet. The main dish was a choice between Herb Crusted Fillet of Beef or Salmon Fillet topped with a Scallop Mouse on Lobster Mash Potato! The wine that they served was excellent. Dessert was a White Chocolate Orb. I posted a photo of it. The centre of the table also had a dessert. A really good meal and a nice surprise. We had heard of these dinners before but on this cruise we actually are one of the most frequent passengers. There are only about 60 “Elite” on this ship. There are many passengers from South America which is to be expected.

   After a restful afternoon, dinner and 2 shows completed the evening. With 3 American couples. They are from California, South Carolina and Georgia. We have a doctor, electrical engineer, a jewelry designer as well as a nurse and a teacher at our table! Discussion ran the range from American gun control, football, socialized medicine and male strippers! I will not say who took the lead on these topics but Danny's in Windsor did come up.