We wake and the sun is shining. Tonight is a formal night (still haven’t
decided whether we will go or not). We
have a bridge tour at 10:30 planned.
We meet with security at the scheduled time, there is around
12 of us for the Bridge Tour. We are
surprised when the door opens and Captain Foster is there to greet us. He shakes all our hands and even says “oh the
bus drivers are here”. That is nice, and
of course we are honoured that he remembers us.
He can’t stay long as he is busy with meetings and introduces us to
First Officer, Lauren from England.
First off as anyone who knows me I am a strong activist for
equal rights and am so pleased to see more women up on the bridge. I am still looking forward to when Princess
has their first female Captain.
We have done numerous Bridge Tours in the past and I have to
say I enjoyed today’s the most. Lauren
was fun, she made us feel comfortable and explained many of the items and even
provided personal example of when they use them. Like the thrusters and how they had to use
them a lot in Punta Arenas. Or when they
had to use the Distress Communication when she heard a Mayday on a different ship and they were
able to call for assistance for someone adrift.
She explained the flags, and instead of just saying these
are the flags she explained what many of them mean and which flags we put on
and where. Including telling us how tough
the wind was on the Falkland flag.
She showed us the Radar and pointed out the HAL ship to us and where it is going and what type of vessel it is. So seeing the equipment in action was extra
interesting.
This is the first time we got to actually see how they can
zoom in on each balcony and see everything and I mean everything, they can even
see what you ordered in room service and are enjoying on your balcony. So beware!
And like we say those special moments are recorded and that Reflections
DVD can be bought by special order – kidding.
We took a lot of pictures and Lauren even posed for many of
them too. The tour was so good I had to
write a thank you to Lauren when we got back cause it was the best Bridge tour
we have been on.
Today in the cabin they are showing the “Dallas Buyers Club”
and it is being played on a loop so after enjoying a latte in the International
Café we head back to the cabin to watch the movie. This voyage has shown great movies and we
have enjoyed watching many of them.
After the movie we head up to Horizon Court for lunch. They are also hosting a pub lunch again and
the dining room is open but we just want some salad and fruit, of course we ate
a bit more of that.
When I get back to the cabin the bell hop phones to ask us
what we want for our mini bar for the next leg and we state we want two coffee
cards in lieu of the bar. They are
delivered right away, although they do have the voyage written on the back so
if we use them for tea on another voyage they will punch the cards, but that is
okay, we just love getting the cards.
The weather is definitely getting warmer, the seas are calm
and we are moving slowly up the coast of Chile.
We have one more sea day before getting into Valparaiso on the 20th.
Bernie has gone down to afternoon trivia and I take the time
to relax in the cabin and give myself a pedicure, I am all set for warm weather
again and sandals.
Things happening on board today: Bible Study, line dance class, knit and
natter, police force get together, wringle remedies (no that is not a typo
here, but what is published in the Patter, which I believe should be wrinkle, but
this is one of the few typos I have seen in the Patter and made us giggle),
Culinary Demo & Galley Tour, trivia, bingo, tango with Jorge and Anabel,
Rotary Club get together, Zumba, horse racing, art auction, photo seminar, wii
bowling, afternoon movie Runner Runner in Princess Theater, Grapevine Wine
tasting.
This evening:
Stateroom Movie Thor: The Dark World, Production Show What a Swell
Party, MUTS World War Z, Dixeland Jazz
with Crown Princess Orchestra in Piazza, Arizona Party Band, 70s hits with Dj
Alex in Skywalkers, Princess Pop Star, Spotlight Showtime with Vincenzo
Martinelli and more.
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