After an early breakfast we joined the other regular walkers circling the ship on Deck 7. We feel like mice in an exercise wheel, but it is better than joining the ones in the gym who walk on a machine. The weather is cool considering we entered the tropics overnight, and the sea is slight. The ship is averaging 22 knots with a tail wind and is keeping very steady underfoot.
There are a new lot of speakers who boarded in Cape Town. The first one we heard today was a retired plastic surgeon who still does pro bono work. He showed us before and after photos of babies with deformities, burn victims, breast cancer survivors, etc.. Very moving stories of people taking years to recover function and appearance. A vet gave a talk about the behaviour of dogs and cats, which we caught repeated on TV in the afternoon. He is very disturbed at the number of pets euthanased for bad behaviour. He blames the owners.
At 2pm we went to the next Zeitgeist piano and violin music with more lovely pieces to swoon over. After dinner we went to the cinema to watch Nicole Kidman matching Grace Kelly in acting ability in "Grace of Monaco". Interesting story, good music, annoying cinematography.
Lyn has decided on "artificial" to describe our life here. We sit around on a deck chair reading a book whenever we like, go to high class concerts, watch recent movies in a cinema better than any that remain in Sydney, eat posh food every night while being waited on by two very efficient and attentive waiters, skip the after dinner ball and night club events and ignore the personal invitations to fraternise with the captain at special events. In addition there are four pianists, two bands, a harpist, and a string quartet playing in the smaller venues all day and night, mostly ignored by people sipping expensive drinks. Yes, we are enjoying it, and No, we do not let our trip be spoiled by guilt feelings.
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