Today is was the International Cafe for coffee, breakfast sandwich and a better WiFi signal. WiFi in the cabins is good for one and maybe two of the three possible bars. Open the door to the passageway and you move up to two and maybe three bars. Very frustrating. I usually end up going down to deck 5 for a much stronger signal at the Internet Cafe or next door at the International Cafe. Email is hit and miss, at least for Bend Broadband.
People
It is amazing how fast the public spaces fill up on the ship. The two swimming pools I understand. Surrounded by lounge chairs on two decks, bodies are everywhere gathering in the rays. Sleeping, reading and eating are popular while acquiring the much sought after tan. My guess is most have staked their claim and are there for the day. In my opinion many of these men and women should consider alternate attire when hanging out at the pools. Likewise, the interior spaces with couches and chairs along windows facing the sea fill up fast. Dressed more modestly, these are the readers, knitters, sudoku specialists, crossword experts, occasional sleepers and those who dropped $400 on an iPad to play solitaire. They too appear to have claimed their territory and are there for the duration. Interior space away from windows is the domain of serious competition. Here you find canasta, cribbage, dominos, scrabble, mahjong and more. All in all there is something for everyone, including us who are happy just to hang out in our cabin or relax on the balcony. As far as we are concerned watching the world go by is an activity.
GPS
As I do on most cruises I brought along my handy dandy Garmin Legend Cx GPS. Pocket size with easy to read color screen and a multitude of functions, it's only drawback is the rate at which it will devour batteries if I forget to turn it off. Although only having detailed maps of the Lower 48, it does show all land masses around the world, including islands in the South Pacific. What I do is lay down a waypoint several times a day. This shows up as a little flag symbol on the map and these all become a track of where we went. Once home I can download all the waypoints. I'm now using the GPS Goto function to take us back to the first waypoint in San Pedro, which at the moment is 2834.8 nautical miles to the Northeast. Just something to keep me busy.
Life at sea II
Personal care is big today with Zumba Fitness, Walk-in Foot Print Clinic, Liquid Facelift and Natural Relief for Arthritis all showing up in the Princess Patter. Today's Enrichment Lecture is "French Aviation Through World War I." I don't recall much about the French being at the forefront of aviation, but this is a Princess Pick so who knows. My Personal Pick is the Crab Sorting Competition at Neptune's Reef & Pool.
As part of our life at sea we headed out to the balcony before dinner and finished off a bottle of King Estates Pinot Gris, the first of two we were allowed to bring onboard. Just to be clear, we finished off the last or bottom half of the bottle.
Aboard the Crown Princess
005° 57' South
142° 42' West
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