Tinbergs on Tour

March 16, 2026 – At Sea – Caribbean Sea – Partly Cloudy – Warm – 79F

Up early again and another beautiful day at sea.

My third sunrise in a row 

and another wonderful, routine (yet not boring) by now, breakfast.  I always go through the line looking for something different (I was hoping for biscuits) but the items are pretty much the same every day. There is a "Special of the Day" but I haven't found one that is better than my standard breakfast.

Ellen had room service again.

At around 10 AM, I went to Baristas to get my IMC (regular not decaf) and go over today’s talk). 

At yesterday’s talk, a guest recalled that I was a regular at the Coffee place and today, he found me there.  We talked for a few minutes – he had some questions related to the lecture and then we got into evolution a bit.  He was interested in how huge changes in an organism occur in a relatively short time and I told him I didn’t know but it was a common thing.  I think he was looking for some kind of alien intervention in the genetics of humans.  Ellen showed up and he took off – the chat was interesting.

Since the cruise began, I had always wondered why only five of the six lectures I submitted were scheduled.  There is a final sea day and that’s a standard lecture opportunity.  I emailed Peter and it turned out that the lecture had fallen through the cracks and he wanted to know it I would still want to do it.  He also said that a Travel Group wanted to schedule a Q&A with me tomorrow morning.  I wrote back and said I would be glad to do both. He was thrilled.

Lunch was in the Terrace Café – a simple salad and two slices of freshly made pizza did the trick.  Ellen tried some of the sushi - the one with cooked salmon in the center - 

and said it was good.  The sushi bar is enormous.

“Forensic Detectives: The Search for Jack the Ripper” was scheduled for 2 PM.  That is turning out to be a good time for me – no morning rush.  Another good turnout and an enthusiastic crowd – I shortened the talk a bit and it ran just over 40 minutes. I chatted with a few guests afterwards out in the theater tunnel.  I don’t know why but more people abstained than voted for who Jack might be.  Not convinced by any of the evidence, I guess.

We spent most of the afternoon out on Deck 5 – not too hot – not windy – just perfect. 

Showtime tonight was at 5:30 PM – “Hello, Again” – a tribute to Neil Diamond.  We did not have good seats and didn’t stay for the whole thing.

We ate dinner on the Terrace Café Veranda – Ellen had Lamb chops and she said it was good but not much meat. Maria made a nice pasta for me – better this time out because it had more sauce.  The yummy focaccia was a nice accompaniment to the pasta – I like my bread dipped in balsamic vinegar (“Food of the gods”). The dinner was good and we did get to eat Al Fresco.

We played Name that Tune in Martinis and the couple we were helping actually won. 

The Odessa Strings were the late show and we passed and went to the room.  Still bumpy with loud wave slaps. 

Lights out at 10:30 PM.