Noon Report: It was a normal sea day: Exercise, Breakfast, Lots-o-Lectures interspersed with short periods of rest and refreshment. So here’s the rundown: LECTURE: Sakurajima and Other Explosive Active Volcanoes FORUM: Confucius: He Said What? A forum is different from a lecture. It’s intended for a smaller group (though whoever decided that didn’t know Viking […]
Noon Report: We awoke this morning as we were pulling into the harbor at Keelung (the port for Taipei) INTO TOWNWe boarded our bus and began our 45 minute ride into Taipei.As we have seen in other Asian countries, the bus was extensively decorated. But the air conditioning worked so we were happy.Immediately on leaving
Noon Report: Today was a sea day – the first of 3 on this cruise.We started in the normal fashion – earning those calories.Back at the cabin we got cleaned up and grabbed a quick breakfast before heading down to the Theatre for the first of today’s lectures: There wasn’t a lot new in this
Noon Report: Over breakfast we watched student groups taking tours of the bridge of the MV Xue Long docked across the wharf from us (see the post from Monday). After breakfast we took advantage of a quiet morning up in the Explorer’s Lounge to do a bit of reading, blogging, and chatting with Mike and
Noon Report: Nothing much happening this morning, except… Bags were due outside our door by 8:30 so we were up at 7:30 to get the day started. We were packed and bags out with 5 minutes to spare so we celebrated by going to breakfast. Of course everyone on the Viking pre-cruise extension (there were
Couple of things: First, Jet Lag is much less of an issue traveling east to west. Second, travel fatigue is still an issue. We arrived last night shortly after 9:30 and headed straight for bed. We didn’t get up until 7:00 this morning. But now we feel, not fine, but not rummy like we would
It started like any other normal day (if by normal you mean the alarm woke us up at 3:55) and we spent the next 35 minutes getting dressed, performing final ‘ready the house for absence,’ and throwing the final few items into baggage. The Uber guy was early, and so were we so we got
So we’re into the process – working with lists: We’re trying to remember that getting out the door is an adventure in itself – but we keep thinking of things…
Warning! Warning! Warning!I kind-of went nuts with the photos today.I’ll try to keep them grouped so you can skip any of the slide-shows that might not appeal to you. We started this morning with a walk around the corner to Hudson Bagels. I had found it on line and this was our first (and last)
This was an officially designated Lazy Morning.Breakfast was a run to Dunkin (for those who were awake) Followed by the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Following lunch (more leftovers; a room with a refrigerator/microwave/sink is pretty cool when your constant stream of restaurant meals tends to collect leftovers.) we walked over to Radio City Music Hall