Day 04 East - 01/05/22 At Sea

Losing an hour of sleep really wore us out today.  We made it to the 9am coffee chat which featured the comedian, Dave Burleigh, and we ate breakfast afterwards. Sandra, the Mexican cultural ambassador, then gave a presentation on Mexican foods. The first Main Stage event was a canned EXC presentation, HEROS, about the unlikely sports heroes of the Caribbean which we've previously seen. After lunch there was a Port to Table cooking demonstration about cooking Chile rellanos.

 

General Covid antigen testing began today and we took our test at 3pm and had to wait in our room for 1/2 hour in case we tested positive.  Fortunately we didn't!  

 

The cultural event of making papel picados was probably the highlight of the day for me.  These items are made using colorful tissue paper which is folded in half and a pattern affixed to it.  The tissue is then cut out following the pattern lines.  It's much like making paper snowflakes. The finished products are then glued to a string and hung up to display which we did in our stateroom.

 

The best event this evening was the comedian, Dave Burleigh (packed), and we also played a game of Majority Rules and listened to a set of the BBKing All Stars.  It's, however, a bit loud for my taste. We also did a mile walking around the promenade deck in the twilight.  It was nicely warm.

 

Tomorrow is another sea day. Stay tuned.



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