Day 68 - 17 Sept - At Sea to Ghizo, Solomon Islands

After losing an hour of sleep due to our clocks being advanced by an hour we had a light day at sea today. The weather was overcast with a light swell for most of the day.  

The Other Guys were the 9am coffee chat guests and received a lot of questions. There were no further events until 1pm when the newly embarked guest chefs Sharon Flynn and Roger Fowler demonstrated the creation of Kimchi. Angela attended and is now a convert to appreciating and enjoying it. While she attended that session, I secured a seat in the Showroom at sea for the 2pm talk on the Battle of Guadalcanal by John Shively. Seats have been at a premium for most all of the EXC lectures in the Showroom. They've been the best attended sessions of all segments we have been on the Maasdam for the past year with the exception of our Easter Island lecturer on the sailing from Chile to Easter Island. Lance finished the afternoon programming with his port talk on Ghizo and Honiro (Guadalcanal).  

After another great interdenominational Bible study in the Pinnacle Grill, we happened upon the Sip & Savor which featured Kimchi. So we joined in and enjoyed it and had a very pleasant chat with a couple from Australia.

While it was Gala Night, we chose to eat a salmon dinner in the LIDO before attending Ron Orenstein's lecture on Sea Turtles. A new artist, violinist Patrick Roberts entertained us in the Showroom at Sea.  

Tomorrow is a tender day and we are planning to find some independent snorkeling to do. Stay tuned.