Day 6 - At Sea enroute to Honningsvag

Today was a nice, peaceful day at sea.  We managed to wake up on time for breakfast.  Actually, I woke up too early and unintentionally woke Ray earlier than he would have liked.  After breakfast we actually made it to the theater on time for today's lecture - "The Northeast Passage Explorers - Gateway to the Indies Through Russia's Ice and Snow."  We learned about the explorers who ventured through the Arctic over Russia - something we don't hear much about in U.S. history classes.   After that we had time for a much needed nap before the noon bingo game.  I enjoy going to bingo on cruise ships.  Usually the bingo callers make it fun, but this time they had dancers from the shows doubling as bingo callers.  These girls need a few lessons in bingo enthusiasm!  (I will continue to play anyway - it's a good way to pass an hour at sea.)

We skipped lunch and only had a coffee-and this afternoon, because we had a reservation at the French specialty restaurant "Signatures" for my birthday celebration tonight.  The meal at Signatures was excellent.  I had a different but very good appetizer - crab sandwiched between layers of avacado.  We both had cream of crab soup and duck a la orange. At the end of dinner they surprised me with a little birthday cake, just enough for the two of us. Combined with a nice glass of port, it was excellent.


When we got back to our cabin I got another surprise.  The cabin stewards had decorated the room with balloons, a happy birthday sign, and a towel elephant wearing my headphones.  How did they know my favorite animal as a child was an elephant? 

We docked at Honningsvag, Norway at 7PM tonight.  A lot of people went out on tours tonight, but we opted for a tour to the North Cape tomorrow morning instead. More about that tomorrow.