After our clocks were set forward one hour last night, it was a challenge to get up this morning. But I made it to the 9am coffee chat with Terry Greenberg. It wasn't as well attended as I expected. Nigel Atherton presented a main stage photo presentation on his choice of the best all time photos. I had seen about 25% of these; and it was a good representation of photos including the famous Iwo Jima flag raising photo, the napalmed Vietnamese girl, and the Afghan lady with the penetrating eyes. He also gave the backgrounds behind all of the photos.
Lance gave his port talk for the two upcoming Russian ports including his warning that one has to be on a HAL or independent tour or hold a visit from a Russian friendly country in order to leave the ship. After lunch we watched a sushi demonstration by Hiroko Shimbo, guest chef. The Captain gave his Ask the Captain and Virtual Bridge Tour presentation. He also included a time lapse GoPro camera footage of our harbor entry and docking process. This is a hobby for him. The last presentation of the day was on Japanese cranes by Ronald Orenstein. Before dinner, I led a brief interdenominational Bible study in Colossians Chapter 2.
After dinner, we attended both the 6:30 and 8:30 Evening Insight presentation on European Occupation of Asia North by Terry Greenberg. In between Tom Suha, violinist, rocked the Showroom At Sea stage.
The seas were very flat today which was a stark comparison to two weeks ago when we raced at 22 knots to reach Vladivostok by midnight. At our current pace, we should arrive around 6am. Stay tuned. We have an exciting adventure planned for Vladivostok.
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