At Sea

             On Friday, 12 Oct 2012, we started the day again with breakfast and Tai Chi.  Since it was a little cool on deck, our Tai Chi class was moved inside to the Wheelhouse Bar, where we had an audience and so felt under a little pressure to execute the moves more carefully.  Afterwards, we returned to Deck 14 to talk with Gail and Jim.  After a couple of hours, we decided to go ahead and eat lunch.  Since there was a Trattoria Buffet in the Horizon Court today with a huge selection of desserts, we both overindulged.  We returned to our cabin to watch the vice presidential debate that began at 2:00 PM (which was 7:00 PM CDT on Thursday!), while Jesse did a little more laundry by hand.  At dinner we had a full table, and then danced in the Wheelhouse Bar.   After a while, we stopped dancing and conversed with a German couple, Inga and Thomas.   Since they speak a little English and Sally speaks even less German, the conversation was a combination of languages, but interesting, nevertheless.  Because we are committed to an excursion to Akaroa, New Zealand tomorrow morning, we returned to our cabin at 9:00 PM.