Day 4: Out and about again

Travel Diary:  Amsterdam Asia Pacific Cruise 2012

Day 4 (9/24/2012)

Today I am grateful for the freedom to do little.  I slept better last night and because we set back the clock yet another hour, there was an extra hour to do it in.  I still wasn’t feeling up to snuff, but I went up to a Lido breakfast and had some bread and cheese and yogurt and an apricot and some tea.  That was just right.  Then I went back to my room and watched lectures and movies until lunch.  This time I decided to take lunch in the Renaissance Dining Room with seven new people at a table for eight at the stern window.  That was a good place to be for lack of Rock and Roll and I had a healthy lunch of cold banana soup, chicken salad, and a baked, sugarless custard with fruit for dessert.  And tea.  As a matter of fact, it was enough for me completely.  The people at lunch were very interesting and conversation was lively. The last couple to leave were from Los Alamos, NM—a retired scientist and his wife. They were politically compatible with me, so we did let our hair down a bit together. I went back to my cabin and read and wound the rest of my yarn and watched movies and lectures and slept and did laundry in my bathroom sink.  I didn’t go out again for anything else—including meals—and intend to sleep early and long and hope for an even better day tomorrow.  I’ve missed knitting with friends and two days of arts and crafts, but I intend to enjoy the whole of this cruise and I think that sleep will be the means to that end for me.