2 Days at Sea

            Monday, 18 Mar 2019 – As usual, we went to breakfast in the Terrace Café this morning.  Since we had crossed the equator again, another “Crossing the Equator Ceremony” was scheduled on the pool deck at 11:00 AM, meaning we had to delay our swim.  Unable to find Sally’s swim goggles, eventually we went to the pool without them.  However, there they were on a bench near the pool!  Since it was very late by then, we swam for only 20 minutes before hurrying to lunch.  Sally tried unsuccessfully to nap, and instead, worked on her genealogy book all afternoon.

Before dinner, we got all dressed up and attended our second private cocktail party for Oceania Club members, where we danced, and enjoyed complementary drinks.  On our way out of the Insignia Lounge, we stopped to talk with Al, Amelia, Jack, and Sheila, and ended up eating dinner with them in the Terrace Café.  We made it back to our cabin at about 10:30 PM.

Tuesday, 19 Mar 2019 – Sally awoke at 6:00 AM with a headache, and finished reading her library book, “Indestructible,” about a WW-II pilot.  It was based on a true story and was very exciting.  We had been requested to complete health declaration forms and undergo a mandatory inspection and temperature check at 9:00 AM in preparation for our upcoming arrival in the Philippines.  We’re not sure where the Philippine officials boarded the ship.  The temperature checks were done as we walked pass a “camera” mounted on a tripod.  After passing the temperature check, and stopping momentarily at a table for a passport check and to turn in our health declaration forms, we were given Philippine Shore passes.  Judging from the questions on top of the health declaration form, we believe they were screening us for Ebola.

Sally napped for a couple of hours between breakfast and lunch, but still didn’t feel well enough to swim.  Apparently, the orchestra was on holiday, because there was no dancing scheduled at any time today.   Although Sally didn’t have much of an appetite, we had dinner in the Terrace Café, as usual.