Wednesday, January 11

Beautiful calm, sunny day at sea.

As you may have noticed, we do not have time ashore every day. Quite to the contrary, we have more days at sea than ashore. One could wonder, "What the heck do they do with that time?" Basically folks that could be a big problem, and was for me years ago.

Now however, I seem to be quite content with those sea days even though we do not accomplish anything other than enjoying each other's company and whiling away the day in blissful nothingness. The biggest problem may be what to eat, and when and where. Talk about decadence and slothfulness, but oh so wonderful at this time in life. 

My retuning to normal after my recent procedure I believe has made me more aware of how fortunate we are to be able to be here. I look upon things from a different perspective now it seems.

A word about food aboard: After a week of likely overindulging, I think we have tapered off to what will be our 'normal' for the duration of the voyage. The choices are really over the top. Last nights dinner menu had a choice of nine starters and also nine main courses. 

The starters went from Chilled Apple Vichyssoise to Fruits de Mer on Vegetable Confit.
The main courses from Roast Pheasant to Fresh Caught Manta Tuna. 

Portions are just about right, but a continuous diet of this makes one yearn for maybe a quiet dinner of macaroni and cheese. And, this is obtainable in the lavish beyond believe upstairs buffet in the Lido. 

I suppose one could also make a peanut butter sandwich in the Lido if that was on you mind!

So, life aboard is a bit of total decadence with the possibility of excitement and the unexpected on days ashore. Not a bad life for those so inclined. 

Regarding socializing with others aboard: the choice is yours completely. Nobody berates those that want to be alone, nor those that choose not to mingle so much. The atmosphere on tours ashore is always friendly and pleasant and one gets to chat with strangers with no expectation of a long relationship.  Unless of course you meet someone who just 'clicks' with you. 

Another day at sea tomorrow before we hit Peru.