Day at Sea

Thursday, 21 Mar 2019 – Today, we were scheduled to anchor at Boracay Island, Philippines at 10:00 AM; however, the captain decided that the waves were too high for safe tendering, so he bypassed the island.  We had booked a 4.75-hour excursion, “Island Beach and Snorkeling.”  This would have been Jesse’s first attempt at snorkeling; instead, we enjoyed another relaxing day at sea.  We did manage an afternoon swim in the ship’s pool.  Surprisingly, the water there didn’t seem to be very rough, but it may have been a little rougher near the coast.

At 9:30 PM, we attended “The Home Coming Dance 2019” in the Insignia Lounge.  To encourage dancing, Leslie, the cruise director, passed out raffle tickets to dancers, so the dance floor was very crowded for a change.  Sadly, we didn’t win anything.  Last year, we competed in a Waltz contest and won a bottle of Champagne, but there were no dance contests this year.  Also, we enjoyed a couple of dance performances by the Insignia Entertainment Team.  After the dance, we returned to our cabin and watched the movie “Border,” on TV.  It is an interesting 2018 Swedish fantasy film about an extremely homely woman with uncanny sense of smell who worked for the Swedish Customs Office as a border control agent.  It has been referred to by some viewers as the Weirdest Movie of the Year!  What can we say, we really enjoyed the movie!