2015-12-4 Sea Day

We said goodbye to Italy and we are at sea today on our way to Cartegena, Spain.  It’s a gorgeous day. The sea is so calm that we can’t feel any movement at all. There is no wind today. It’s the wind that makes the seas rough.

There are many interesting events today on the ship. We first went to the 9:30 computer class called Making Movies with Windows 10. I have made lots of movies with Movie Maker but wanted to see the changes. I left after 30 minutes and went to Book Club.  We are reading People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.

We have easily kept up with the shooting in San Bernardino, Cal, as we have NBC, Fox News and the BBC.  I like to watch MSNBC and they report any breaking news, as well.

Bill stayed for the 10:30 class on Photo Gallery. We have a small 13 inch screen computer that we bought at Best Buy especially for this trip. He took notes for me.

We both arrived at the large showroom at 11:00 and listened to another lecture on the Space Shuttle by Frank Buzzard.  His talk was fascinating because he asked for a show of hands from people who don't believe the U.S. actually landed on the moon. He said there are always a few people in every audience who don't believe anything he says. He was very kind with the man who admitted he was dubious about the moon landing. He went over all the proofs but he didn't press the gentleman at all. He just told him how he could check on it for himself.



We went to lunch and then got places in the showroom for the first lecture by Stephen Sloan, an expert on terrorism. He has a resume as long as his arm. He also has a very charming wife who is an actress and accomplished in her own right.

I haven’t mentioned the last two evening shows. Two nights ago, we watched a performance by Ruben Villagrand who mixed Magic, Mime, Comedy and Music. He never spoke but everything he did was easily understood by everyone. It’s hard to explain what he did but we came back to our room in a light hearted mood, only to find all four TV channels reporting the latest mass shooting.

Last night, we listened to a classical pianist named Julian Garguilo. I am not a big classical music fan but we both enjoyed his performance. We want to attend a class called Share Stories with Windows 10 at 5:30, then on to dinner and another show from Roger Wright. I assume he is a singer but I don’t really know.

We should probably be outside enjoying the good weather but we are sitting in our room, typing and watching the news.