Our second sea day out of Hawaii. We were about half way to Ensenada, MX. The time went forward an hour last
night. Somehow the iPad and iPhone went
back to Pacific time during the night,
Since we are connected to the ship’s network, I assume that network is
on Pacific time although the ships clocks are not. We thought we had slept away the morning and
planned our afternoons activities accordingly. We ordered coffee and breakfast
in our room.
At 12:30 we split up, Gerri went to see a presentation
on Thomas Kinkade and I headed for the Princess Theater for a talk on the
Hawaiian Monarchy and eventual annexation of Hawaii by the United States. When I arrived at the theater a presentation
was still going on about the species that have become extinct since man arrived
in the Hawaiian Islands. Before man the
only two mammals on the islands were Monk Seals and the Hoary Tree Bat. The estimated population of Hawaii before
Europeans arrived was over 800,000. By
the time of annexation that population had dropped to about 100,000, due to
disease and warfare.
The lecture on species had been scheduled for
morning. I asked my neighbor the time
and it turned out to be two hours earlier than I thought. I started back to the room, but discovered I
didn’t have a key. I went to the
International Café and sat and read.
After a while Gerri came looking for me.
Of course she had discovered the time mix up too.
We had lunch in the Crown Grill which was featuring
pub food. We both chose the Cottage
Pie. This is basically a bowl of beef
stew (minced beef) baked with a mashed potato covering, that we had always
called Sheppard’s Pie.
Since we had the time now straightened out, we both
headed to the Princess Theater to learn about the Hawaiian Monarchy. The presentation, given by the cruise director,
was very informative. With the time
confusion, Gerri had arrived in time to see the morning Thomas Kinkade presentation instead of the afternoon one she
had intended to attend.
We stayed in the theater for a movie. The movie starred Denzel Washington and was
titled The Equalizer. It was very violent
but still was head and shoulders above the last movie we saw, Lucy.
By this time it was after 4:30. We went by the room and dropped off some things. We then headed for the Sky Deck for hors d'oeuvres. We met Dick and Sharon from Half Moon Bay
there and joined them for conversation.
Gerri and I decided to pass on dinner in the dining
room and just have pizza on the Lido deck.
On the way to Hawaii we had pizza there and they had a delicious one for
the Princess 50th Anniversary.
We had tried to get it one day in port but were told it was only served on
sea days. We didn’t know all the
toppings but remembered it being very good.
It turned out that a different pizza was being served tonight. The 50th Anniversary Pizza changed
every night at sea. Tonight’s was Orange
and Peking Duck. We tried a slice and it
was so so. We each took some pepperoni
pizza back to the cabin.
Shortly after finishing the pizza, Gerri read a
while and then fell asleep. I read until
10 and called it a night.
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