Day 04 - 10/05/22 - At Sea to Hawaii - Day 3

 It was a nice restful sleep until our 7:30am alarm went off.  At breakfast we were joined by a German man, Uli.  He and I chatted over breakfast and beyond on a wide range of topics including number theory (Benford's law), probability, intelligence, international business, multiple linear discriminate analysis, the Pareto principle, how blood sugar testing machines work, highly intelligent persons' behavioral characteristics, cruising & travel, and much more.  It was so interesting that I skipped the coffee chat but Angela went.  We did make it to the Giants EXC presentation on whales.  At lunch, Uli once again joined us and we continued great conversation.


And the find of the day was that I saw a child about 5 years old at lunch.  They are rare on trips of this length and the calendar date.


Today we were invited to the complementary Pacific NW wines tasting.  I learned there are some 400 plus 4 or 5 Star Mariners and there are three more of these tastings scheduled. Afterwards we listed to the Lincoln Center musicians perform French composer selections.  


Dinner was in the Lido and I had Asian once again.  The 7pm Main Stage entertainment was Ed Alonzo, a comic magician.  He was probably the best magician we've seen in a long time.  He was very funny, clean humor, energetic, and full of a bag of tricks. Afterwards we watched the piano segment & British Invasion in Billboard Onboard.  Both were quite good.


The seas today were very flat and we continued to sail along at 23mph. It's looking like we'll make Honolulu on time on Saturday.  The Captain did announce that we will have some wet weather tomorrow.


We did receive a notice and verbal reminders that we have mandatory Covid-19 self rapid testing tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 8:30am.  If we both test negative, we return the test results to our stateroom attendant and we are free to leave our cabin. If one or both of us test positive, we have to contact the Medical Center, stay in the room, and retest with further instructions to come.


Saturn and the 3/4 moon were on full display tonight.  Earlier in the day we saw several rainbows.  And so ended our 3rd day at sea.



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