I read your comments and in time will get to the subjects. I do think I know why you couldn’t comment on my last post. I was having difficulty posting those photos. I was doing something that was just plain silly and I won’t make that mistake again so hopefully you all will not have a problem again.

My cabin is on the starboard side so if our captain brings the ship in forward I am usually on the side of activity. By the way this Captain appears quite young and has a personality that reminds me a lot of our first Captain on the QE2. For those of you who were not on the QE2 with us he was the wonderful Captain that we had for most of our voyage and then our next Captain left a lot to be desired.

I have been attending the Cooking demonstrations and they have been enjoyable, go to the enrichment lectures and the port lectures. I do trivia once a day, try to walk a mile or two everyday, and need to go to the gym to work with weights. The food is so good I know I am not being very good but the desserts are not on my menu anymore except for the ones I just can’t do without. The first week was a dietary disaster but I am in control now; at least for the day.

It is surprising how many writers are on board. I am now reading a book by one of them about growing up in Wales. My grandfather was a welchman and grew up in Wales so I find I am interested in the subject. My grandfather died when I was about 17 so I never had a chance to ask him questions concerning his childhood when I was old enough to be interested.

My next post will be about our stop in Manta, Ecuador.