We awoke today at the blissful hour of 7 am. This new room has no loud sounds to awaken us early!
This is what was printed in The Daily Program: ”On October 17, Zuiderdam will cross the International Date Line, resulting in the ship’s clocks being turned forward 24 hours. Oct 17 will not exist and we will move from October 16 to October 18.” So we skipped Monday and went straight to Tuesday carpets being found in all the elevators!
Today was also the day that we crossed the equator. At 10:20 am Captain Frank van der Hoeven announced that we just crossed from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere. J and I were enjoying our verandah and decided to capture the moment in time with a photo!
The usual bridge game happened in the afternoon for J. I went and soaked my feet in the Terrace Pool, and ran into two sets of Cruise Critic friends. Then I went to hear the Quartet at Lincoln Centre stage, followed by Afternoon Tea in the Dining Room. I happened to be assigned a table with the woman who is the partner of J’s bridge partner! Out of a ship full of 1600 guests, it is surprising to have made her acquaintence!
Dinner was followed by reading in our room (before a library e-book goes poof from my iPad!), watching how amazingly quickly the sun sets at the equator, then watching the movie Cast Away. We are watching the movie with renewed interest, as one of our excursions in Lautoka, Fiji (in one week) is a boat trip to the island where the movie, starring Tom Hanks, was filmed!
We appreciate how lucky we are every day!
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