20241002 At Sea
As the ship heads south along the east coast of Honshu Island, the temperature outside has risen into the mid to upper 70’s. The seas have appeared fairly calm, but there has been a very noticeable swell that has caused the ship to rock and roll. There was apparently a low pressure storm that came through the area east of Honshu while we were tied up on the west side of Hokkaido island yesterday, which caused the residual swells.
Our last sea day was a relaxed affair. After breakfast, there was ample time for exercise and naps before a music trivia which was a Broadway Musical’s name that tune and show. We thought we did pretty well, scoring 28/30, but we did get beat by one team that had 29.
We pulled out our suitcases and packed the largest suitcase with all our cold weather and Alaska gear, and also did laundry. We’ll pack up the small suitcases after our Tokyo excursions tomorrow.
We had dinner in the Restaurant and then attended the final theater show. This opened with the Torshavn band and singers, who proved to be very talented in their own right. We have been impressed with the vocal and instrumental talent of the musicians on the ship with the exception of one of the pianists, who is just OK. The guitar player in the band is particularly talented with the electric guitar. The Captain spoke briefly and invited a lot of crew up on stage, and champagne was free flowing for the audience.
The evening concluded with a medley of Beatles tunes put on by the band and vocalists. They put on a great show. The vocalists Rachael, Eleanor, Henry and Andrew are all from the UK and right at home with the material of the Beatles.
After the show, we had drinks relaxing conversation with our Trivia group in Explorer’s lounge.
We arrive in Tokyo tomorrow morning and we have our last included excursion tomorrow.
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