Dear Friends,
Today was wonderful day of cruising! Once again we were having 24 hour light.
While on sea days, we have had some great Explorations Speakers talking about living with the Inuit in northern Canada in the ice, Plate Tectonics, ice fields and glaciers, etc., etc.
Also, there are wonderful cooking demonstrations, art sales, Trivia, Sports of Call events, talks by the Port Lecturer on what to see and do in the ports, fitness classes, talks about jewelry, etc., etc. Or you can just relax and do nothing - watch movies, read, listen to music. There is bingo every day as well as the casino is open for those who like that. They have a table in the library (Explorations Cafe) set up with a huge jigsaw puzzle on it and you can just sit there and do some of that as you wish also. And the lounges on board have live music of all types playing that you can enjoy-some for just listening, some for dancing, some for sing-a-long, etc.. Oh, I almost forgot, there is always a bridge option for those who like to play bridge.
And as we have said before, after dinner each night there is a show in the show lounge - ie singers, flautists, guitarists, comedians, jugglers, ventriloquists, etc., etc. And one of our favorites are the singers and dancers who are the cast on board and do production numbers.
The photos you will see with this email are of the southwestern coast of Spitsbergen. Hope you got out your world atlas and looked at Norway to see where we are. We are way up above the Arctic Circle and Spitsbergen is an island way north of the mainland of Norway. This day was freezing cold!!! The temp was 39-40F but the wind was really blowing so with wind chill factored in it was about 30F or less. We all had on many layers as well as gloves, hats, and scarves. And we didn't stay outside too long.
Enjoy!
Jan and Dick
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