WEDNESDAY, APR 28TH--AT SEA

Sad to say but two weeks from today and our incredible cruise around the world will be history. Well, we still have lots of time left so will make the most out of it. We still have a few evenings open for dinner with our friends but that is rapidly being filled. So this morning I uploaded the Togo & Ghana photos on the blog for you and made the posting for yesterday. So both Tuesday and Wednesday’s posting will have been added today. From 11am to after 1pm we went to a “white elephant” auction that benefit’s the “crew fund“. Jamie did a wonderful and entertaining job as auctioneer and squeezed a lot of extra “nickels” out of every bidder. The item that brought the most money was an Italian dinner with the Captain, General Manager, and his wife in the Captain’s quarters plus the Captain, an Italian, will make the pasta. The high bid was $2300. All together they raised over $30,000 during the 2 hours. We have some very generous passengers for sure! Tonight is a formal night so have to dust of the ole tuxedo. The headline entertainer for tonight is a pianist & singer named Marty Henne. We have not heard him but sounds like it will be a good show. Sorry, but still could not handle the flute player last night. It turned into a pretty nice day with a few clouds, 83F, and smooth sailing again. Even though the Captain said on the PA at 1:30pm that we were offshore of Liberia, we are mid way up the coast of Sierra Leone. Maybe I get a job as navigation officer?? We have another sea day tomorrow and will arrive at our next port, Banjul, Gambia, at 10am on Friday.