July 28, 2025 – At Sea – Labrador Sea
I had to do a
hurry up at breakfast today because I have the early speaking slot. “Forensics
and History: Search for the Unknown Titanic Child” is on at 10 AM. It is ugly outside but in the Oceanview Cafe, the food and coffee are great.
I still got to the Cabaret Theater early to set up. This is a historically popular talk and it was well attended - I would say full house. I ended up on time and spent a few minutes chatting with guests.
I shouldn’t complain about my time since “Disaster at Paris” with Captain Les Evans – is at 12:15 PM competing with food. I didn't want to relive the Concorde crash so we went to lunch and I had the standard deli lunch option - salad, tuna and egg salad. Since I had aleady given my talk, there was a beer, Leffe, included.
The afternoon was spent looking at the gray sky and sea from the Living Room and trying to get as many trivia answers correct - I don't officially play but I do keep track of how many I do know.
Tonight is “Taste
of Italy” the best theme meal for us on an Azamara Cruises. We got there early so
the pans were all meat-free. I was first
in line, Ellen behind me, and the pasta chef, who I’ve seen on Azamara Onward,
made me spaghetti with garlic, tomatoes, and marinara sauce – delicious. The buffet also had eggplant parmesan, that I
added more marinara sauce to, and freshly made Caprese Salad. A great meal. We got good seats as well.
Darius Uhl is the headliner tonight – we are
passing on his show – we are not big fans of the cello and his show is a little
loud (I caught a few minutes of it the last time he was on).
Time
Change: Clocks move back on hour tonight as Quest continues to sail West.
July 28, 2025 – At Sea – Labrador Sea
The day started off with a little sun
but then turned into an ugly day
outside – we have gone the whole cruise so far without eating on the Sunset
Veranda.
All three
speakers are on this morning. I noticed a bullletin board in a corner of the Mosaic Cafe set up by - I was told - a tour group from Sweden - it listed the schedule including the talks in Swedish - Dr. Hal is the same in Swedish and English. Cute. I wonder how many Swedes actually attend the talks.
Les Evans was
on at 10 AM – “Follow on to Concorde” (Brit speak for next steps)
Jannie Mackay
– 11 AM – “Unique Personalities that Shaped Canada”
I am on at 12:15 PM (the prime slot) with “Open Unsolved Cases: Solving Cold Cases through Genetic Genealogy”. Ellen took a picture before the audience arrived.
Some people were in their seats at Noon.
The
guests must have figured out lunch because the attendance was very good. I am constantly tweeking this talk because it has concepts not present in any of the other talks and also has aspects of genealogy, which is something I am trying to better understand.
Late Lunch was in Windows
Café – tuna salad and really good cream of tomato soup. The classic
combination. The tomato soup was delicious.
Showtime tonight was the next production show. “Oh What a Night” was a Juke Box show featuring the songs and dances of the 60s. Songs included "My Boyfriend's back"
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
and "What a Night".
The show was entertaining but we left a little early – all the songs were pretty much the same.
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