Day at Sea

Last night we had dinner with Ray, our cruise director.  We sat at a table with Charles and Wendy Yates from England.  Charles was not so polite about American's and then found out we were from America.  Oh well, remove my foot.

Dinner, other than that, was good.  I had scallops and Bob had fish.  No dessert.  After dinner we decided to go to the show.  This was Paul Tanner who is a singer/impersonator.  He was pretty good.  We then returned to the cabin and got ready for bed.  We lost an hour overnight.

Up for breakfast this morning and it was pretty quiet in the buffet.  I guess the people were sleeping away the hour they lost.

We did get to swim for about 40 minutes.  Today the water was quite warm, maybe too warm.  But we did it.  It is amazing how many people ask you if the water is warm.  Oh well.

I went up to needlepoint this afternoon and stayed for tea.  Listened to the trivia but did not play.  Met Linda from Raleigh, NC but had lived in Savannah for 15 years.

Tonight was the Block Party.  This is where you leave your suite with a glass in hand and meet your neighbors.  And then the Captain, General Manager, and Cruise Director run through the halls and greet you.  A Regent tradition.  And a nice way to meet those staying around you.

And now for some pictures from yesterday.

One of our stops was at the kitchen.  The dormitory was above the kitchen.  This is the wife of the chef.  She was quite  an interesting person.  She told of life back in the 17th century.  And the heat of the fire warmed her butt.

You can see she laughed about the heat.

The kitchen is not like we have today.  But they made do.

A view of the kitchen and the dorms above from the outside.

This trolley took us to the area we were to visit.

We stopped in the general store where we met this indian woman waiting for her pots from the ships.
She showed us some of the utensils they used for hunting, fishing, etc.

Just a view of some of the utensils used.

These are some of the spoons etc used.

This was used to spear fish for eating.

Above is the homes of the Hurons.  The entire family slept on the top bunk.  Several families lived together in the long homes.  Not like we are used to today.

Some of the fish found in the fjord.

Flounder or fluke.

After the Block Party, we headed to the Compass Rose for dinner.  We enjoyed a nice table for two and had a fine dinner.  Back to the cabin for reading and lights out.  Tomorrow we have an early tour.  We will be in Prince Edward Island.  More of that tomorrow.