DAY 18 - AT SEA - FEBRUARY 13, 2010

WE ARE ABOUT TO COMPLETED 1/6TH OF THE TRIP, AND WE HAVE TRAVELED 5017 MILES IN THIS SEGMENT ACCORDING TO THE CAPTAINS LOG. TODAY WAS ANOTHER LAZY DAY OF DOING NOTHING. IT TEMPERATURE DROPPED LATE THE AFTERNOON AND MADE THE BREEZE SO COLD THAT WE AVOIDED GOING IN ANY OF THE OUTDOOR AREAS.

AS WE COME TO THE END OF THIS SEGMENT HERE ARE SOME OBSERVATIONS I HAVE MADE ABOUT THE PASSENGERS.

1. SOMETIMES I FEEL I’M ON A FLOATING RETIREMENT HOME.

2. THESE PEOPLE ARE SEASONED TRAVELERS.

3. THE TOP CRUISERS HAVE OVER 860 DAYS ON PRINCESS AND STILL GOING.

4. WE HAVE LEARNED SOME NEW TERMINOLOGY...WE ARE ON A SKI CRUISE...WHERE SKI STANDS FOR SPEND KIDS INHERITANCE.

5. YOU DON’T GAIN WEIGHT ON A CRUISE LIKE THIS...IT’S JUST SEA SWELL.

6. THE PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY FRIENDLY AND NOT STUFFY AT ALL.

7. WE HAVE MANY COUPLES WHO HAVE COMPLETED WORLD CRUISES IN THE PAST.

8. I FEEL LIKE A NOVICE TRAVELER COMPARED TO SOME OF THESE FOLKS.

9. THERE IS NO TIME TO GET BORED.

10. THERE IS NEVER A LINE IN THE BUFFET BECAUSE NOBODY FEELS THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR MONEYS WORTH IN FOOD.

11. THE POOL IS NEVER CROWDED.

12. THERE ARE NO KIDS ON THIS CRUISE.

13.THE LIBRARY IS ALWAY BUSY.

14. MORE PEOPLE SEEM TO TAKE NAPS ON THIS SHIP.

15. THE ENTERTAINMENT IS BETTER THAN MOST CRUISES

16. VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE EVER IN THE CASINO.

17. EXERCISING IS A BIG THING ON THIS SHIP, THE ROOM IS ALWAY CROWED.

18. THE PASSENGERS HAVE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO DO THE WORLD CRUISE. - GERMANY, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, CANADA, TAIWIN, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, FRANCE, BRAZIL