Tinbergs on Tour

March 6, 2026 – At Sea – Caribbean Sea – Off the Coast of Hispaniola – Party Cloudy 75F

The bumpy ride is now in its third day. The movement is unpredictable and when you are least expecting it, you get tossed a few inches.  We clearly do not have a following sea and the winds are blowing across the bow at about 30kts bouncing the ship around. 

The Dominican Republic is off our port side.

Had another nice breakfast out on the veranda at the Terrace Café.  

Today I had two pancakes (made to order again) plus scrambled eggs (and cheddar cheese that I got from the omelet station and added myself) and some oatmeal (brown sugar and raisins). The chef responsible for the scrambled eggs has changed the process - they are now fluffy and delicious.  The pancakes were topped with cottage cheese and those cute little preserves in the tiny bottles (Orange Marmalade and Strawberry today). The breakfast was really good and the coffee (Illy I believe), also good, keeps coming. 

I picked up Ellen and we went back to the Terrace Café – she had breakfast (an omelet) and I had a “second breakfast” consisting of some herring in sour cream (the first time I have seen this on a ship) and a roll.  Nice treat.  We stayed out of the deck until lunch time.

The lunch buffet had nothing for us to eat (no tuna yet) so I ordered two Breaded Cod Sandwiches for us and fries from Waves – Iced Tea and Diet Coke were the drinks. I had a small salad as well.  Thousand Island seems to be the dressing of choice on this ship.

My third talk, "Forensics and History: Search for the Unknown Titanic Child", was again in the afternoon at 2 PM.  The crowd was larger than yesterday's talk.  I still had to stay tethered to the podium to avoid a fall.  I had a little trouble with the mic this time out - it felt like it was loose.  It stayed on (the tape helps).  The pace was good and the talk took a little over 40 minutes.  I chatted briefly with some guests after the talk (out in the hallway to the theater).  

It was so nice outside that we went up on the veranda for most of the afternoon. The diesel fumes became a little too much so we retreated to the cabin.  Before we departed, we were treated to a rainbow - a little difficult to see in the photo but it was there.

We ordered special meals tonight as well and they were scheduled to be delivered tonight to the Main Dining Room.  (NOTE: The ship has instituted a system for us: Every day an envelope is delivered to our stateroom with the kosher offerings – we each get a sheet.  We make our selections and the forms have to dropped off at the Reservations Deck on Deck 5 no later than 5 PM the day before).

Ellen ordered the veal chop and I had two hot dogs – the hot dogs were the same as served in Waves (they are kosher) but prepared in their separate kitchen.  I told them I needed milk free buns and they came up with some. We had freshly prepared fries with the meals.  

The only thing they could not come up with was hot dog relish – Waves has some but they were closed.  When I order dogs again, I will make sure to mention the relish.  It does make a difference.

My dogs were good (although a tad under) but Ellen’s veal was low on meat and tough to cut through – I shared some of the hot dogs with her.  Overall, the meal was good and we had a great table for two by the window and a good distance from our neighbors.  Service was good as well. 

We went up to the Terrace Café for coffee and dessert.  The offerings on the Red Ginger menu were odd and I settled for fruit cocktail.  We stayed out on the back deck for a while and then to Horizons (Deck 10 Forward).  We were treated to some rehearsing from vocalists Faye and Lilly (for their Beatle show later tonight).

Tonight’s headliner is Fred Klett, downhome comedian, and someone we have seen several times (2010 Island Princess; 2012 Celebrity Reflection).  

We sat in the back because he does go after audience members who try to leave early or who just catch his attention.  He did chase a woman, who was trying to get out, all the way to the entrance of the theater.  His show was pretty much what we had seen before even including his “hibiscus shirt”.  I actually stole that bit for one of my lecturers dealing with eyewitness accounts and accuracy.

On our way to our room, we ran into Fred as he was coming down the back way to his room.  We chatted a bit about our past meetings.  It was nice.

The ship is still bouncing around and the wave slaps are really loud.  These 9:15 PM shows are tough to settle down from.

Lights out at 10:45 PM.