Today is another at sea day. There's lots more food to eat. We both managed two workouts in the gym, and I hope it helps.
Dinner is assigned seating, and our dining companions for the cruise are: Rod, Rob and Heloise, Tera and Andrew.
Rod (a.k.a James Bond) is from England. We don't know exactly what he does for a living (he seemed to steer the conversation away when we mentioned professions). All we know is that he keeps fit, and has been working 13 months straight on something stressful, so he needed a good break. He is taking two cruises back-to-back – at the end of this cruise he will disembark, move two piers down, and get on a Holland America cruise of the Mediterranean.
Rob and Heloise are from Victoria, so they are almost neighbors. They are also experienced cruisers, and they do a lot of RV-ing, both in their own around North America, and they've rented one to cruise Europe. They are nice folk. Like many retirees, they are busier now than they were when working. They have been taking care of an elderly relative, and needed a break, so they took this cruise.
Tera and Andrew are Australian, and like most Australians, they are world travelers. This is Andrew's first time in North America, but they have both done quite a bit of travel in Asia.
Robyn is bored with the books she brought. Fortunately, there is a library full of cheap cruise-ship type paperbacks, and she's found more to read.
Today there has been some discussion of illness on board. The staff says they are doing lots of extra cleaning and sanitizing, and asking everyone to be extra careful with hand washing. I hope it doesn't turn into something serious.
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