Day 38 - Downunder 2016 - Thu - 11/03/16 - At Sea - Indian Ocean 1

It's always good to be back at sea for a few days and it was especially true now so that we could escape the repressive heat. Since game 7 of the World Series was on starting at 7am on Thursday even though it was being played Wednesday evening in Cleveland, we began watching it in the room while dressing and preparing our 6th laundry sack (this is probably the best benefit of being a 4 Star Mariner with HAL), and we took an hour break from the game for breakfast and the morning devotions with Rev. Barry. He has a great joke to start every devotional time! Then we went up to the Crow's Nest to watch on the large screen TV the remainder of what turned out to be an excellent ball game with the Cubs winning 8-7.

Lunch was a quickie in the Lido and we joined Kelly's 1pm port talk in progress before watching Philip Creaser's presentation on Australian World Heritage Sites. There was time to do a mile walking the deck before we took in a presentation on Thomas Kinkade and his art. Afterwards, I took the time to back up my cameras' pictures to a thumb drive. I still need to do the same for our phones' pictures.

We took dinner in the Rotterdam dining room with a couple from Wisconsin and a couple from Colorado. The evening's main stage entertainment was a dance couple, Sriani & Craig. While they are multiple competition dance champions, we found them a bit boring to watch. The ship's movies are now starting to repeat, so we skipped the 9pm movie and plan to do the same tomorrow. It turned out to be a good time to retire early. And like has been true most of the cruise, our laundry was returned in the same day!

While the destination is important, remember to savor the journey.