January 25, 2019 - Sea Day - Friday, Day 19

January 25, 2019 - Sea Day - Friday, Day 19

Gala night last night was very nice. It is traditional to have Gala Night on the last port day. This allows for packing on the next day which is a sea day. 

The dining room was crowded, and most passengers were finely dressed. The menu featured Surf and Turf together with many alternatives. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal. 

Today we had a leisurely breakfast in the dining room. Then Alice went to a computer class. I picked up our passports which we will need to carry with us in Singapore on Saturday and Sunday. 

Alice met me in the showroom at 10:00 for a letter on what to do in Singapore. We learned that we will dock at the Harbor Terminal where we docked at in2016. This is a far better location than last year’s at Marina Bay. Bret talked bout the use of the transit pass, senior discounts for various admissions, the evening light shows, tipping and many sights to see. We are organizing our to do list. We recognize that we are fortunate because we will be retuning here on February 15 and March 7. We will be able to fill in the gaps then.

We are really enjoying this day. We had a delightful lunch with a couple from Sydney seated at the table next to us. They are originally from Denmark. They travel extensively and we had much to talk about. At one point they broke away from travel talk to apologize but they felt they had to comment on our political situation. They offered sympathy for how embarrassing it must be for Americans to lose so much face in the world. They said they never used to pay a lot of attention to US politics. Now it invades their lives. They cannot wait until this administration ends.

In our 500 plus days of cruising this is the first cruise on which anyone has commented on US politics in any way. This was not the first couple to do so. Several Australians and New Zealanders have also commented to us. They all apologize and close saying “So sad”.

After lunch we went to the cabin. I worked on updating the blog. Alice is managing the pictures she has taken. It is so nice not to have to make any choices as to what to do. The schedule of events is very sparse because most passengers will be leaving tomorrow, and are busy packing. It will be 61 days before we have to face that.

We are blessed.