Cruising the St Lawrence, September 2, 2013

We cruise on the south shore of the St Lawrence on this itinerary I did the Veendam Art tour which I had downloaded from Apple onto my Ipod. At some times it felt more like a scavenger hunt because I could not locate some of the pieces. The works that got my interest were “Jacob’s Ladder” (a two story glass sculture) in the Atrium, a set of Samuari Armour located next to the Wajang theatre and some Pre Columbian pottery that was dislayed close to the Rotterdam Dining room. Durng the afternoon I stopped into the Neptune Lounge to see “Dancing with the Stars” and then particpated in a beer tasting function at Mix (a mid ship lounge). The activities onboard encourage interaction between passengers and I constantly find myself engaged by the experiences of the people I meet. Late afternoon we ran into some rough weather and there was significant motion for about 5 hours, Holland America telecasts a map that plots the location of the ship on a map. It helped to see that we were progressing quickly to calmer channels. This evening was the formal night and not many people were at dinner. I stuck with the vegetarian selections this evening: citrus salad, ginger peach cold soup and a vegetable tart. After dinner we went to the Neptune Lounge to see a broadway revue that show cased Bob Mackie Costumes.