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Saturday, Sept. 1, 2023

Our first day is a sea day, with no port or excursions.  We opted for breakfast in the Blu dining room rather than the buffet, which made for a nice experience although the food seems comparable (and excellent) either way.  It’s a slower pace, though, and you’re picking from a menu rather than walking through the line and making your selections.  It’s also much, MUCH quieter and less frenzied than the buffet and that is nice.


After breakfast, we went to the main theater for something we experienced on our Antarctic excursion – Celia, the naturalist! She gave another amazing talk about the whales we would see (which was not the same talk that we got in the South Sea; apparently, these whales are another branch of the family and while they may visit back and forth, they have different habits and customs). She is scheduled to do 3 talks on this cruise, and we are looking forward to each of them.

https://www.celiagarland.com/ 

After Celia we wandered around the ship for a bit until – surprise! – it was time to eat again.  By then most everyone was ready for a little nap until Happy Hour and dinner time.  It is vacation, after all.

(Yikes...we got so busy that we fell behind in getting our daily blog posts done.  We will catch up by tomorrow -- Tuesday am -- since we have a later excursion then).


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