Tasmania to Tokyo – Ha Long Bay – Day 50 can be found here.
Today’s Chronicles can be found here – and I’m very pleased that I remembered to download this, because today is the last day of this leg and they are all about to be deleted.
“Ryan,” I hear you ask across the vast gulch of cyberspace. “How do you manage to keep all these sea days separate in your memory, particularly when you aren’t writing about them until three or four days after they happen?”
The very simple answer to this is: I don’t. I love sea days, but I never remember them. They have all become tangled up in one gigantic mega-sea day in which I have won and lost a thousand games of trivia, and consumed ten times my weight in eggs Benedict and ice cream.
I usually rely on the combined efforts of my camera roll, the Chronicles, and a notes file. Except I have perhaps 6 photos for today, the Chronicles are the same as most other sea days, and I took no notes. Guess I’ll just have to wing it.
Our usual routine – La Terrazza for breakfast, homework in the morning, Kaiseki and La Terrazza for lunch.
I get the barbeque eel to go with my spicy tuna rolls:
It’s very good – I’ll have to do that again.
This segment’s art show eventually rolls around, and I finally get to admire our daughter’s work:
She’s really enjoyed these classes, and we’re glad that they’ll continue into the next segment. They’re put on by a firm called Poseidon Art which apparently runs art classes on many of the high-end lines, including Silversea, Crystal and Seabourn.
“Good afternoon, Bingo friends!” – so arrives our final round of Bingo with Assistant Cruise Director Caroline. We don’t win anything this time around, but that’s fair given how much we won the day before.
Then on to trivia. We correctly identify the Roman numerals for 527 (DXXVII) and the year the tank was invented (1916), but we learn that the Greeks invented the waffle cone and that Ben E King authored the song “Stand by Me.” No podium finish for us this time, sadly – next time!
Dinner at the grill tonight. After some pokey service and mistakes with our order, they truly knock it out of the park this time – our orders are delicious, and quickly prepared:
We once more say goodbye to dear friends, and look forward to welcoming the new arrivals:
Early to bed for us – we are enjoying the most authentic of Hong Kong experiences tomorrow, a trip to Hong Kong Disney.