Another beautiful day at sea. This time in the Banda Sea. Yeah. I had never heard of it either, but it is the name of a large body of water near Indonesia.
We started the day in the casino. Marlene won a bunch – she is nearly even now – but I lost $50, down $280 over the 25 days. Not bad.
After breakfast I did one round of trivia, doing poorly, then while Marlene and the others played cards I blogged, catching up through Day 24. That took me to lunch where I ate a hamburger (very good) while watching the King Neptune festivities – a celebration of crossing the equator. King Neptune and his wife (played by Ivan and Oscar, two of the entertainment staff) passed judgment on a variety of cruise officials. All were convicted of “crimes” such as waking us too early and eating all the ice cream and were made to suffer the indignity of kissing a fish and being pelted with eggs and other foodstuffs. At the end the cruise director, Simon, also got pelted and the captain was tossed into the pool. All pretty funny.
After lunch we played cards and I won one game. Dinner was terrific once again. Ribeye roast this time. We danced a bit, then sat for the late show – a revue of Frankie Valli hits by December ’63. Very entertaining.