Today was Valentine’s Day and as we breakfasted in the Lido we saw whales off the starboard side of the ship, about 2-3 of them traveling in the opposite direction. Very exciting! In Tai Chi we added a move called “stroke the bird.” Barbara gave us a port talk about Fremantle/Perth at 10 a.m. I (Janice) went to a cooking class at 11 with Chef Bernie and pastry chef, Robert where they demonstrated making shrimp croquettes & chocolate fruit or mousse baskets.
After lunch we went to hear a lecture by Professor Gaynor MacDonald, anthropologist from Sydney, speak about the Australian aboriginals and their “dreaming,” a way of relating history and world explanation/beliefs from what I could gather. Afterward she offered to meet people interested in conversation in the Crow’s Nest where they were serving English “tea” so we went up there and while there saw whales yet again!!
Mid-afternoon snack was ice cream in the Lido which we took out to the promenade deck and spotted some dolphins playing in the waves. So much fun to see some life n the sea.
It was a formal night with wonderful decorations for Valentine’s Day
La Fontaine Decorated for St. Valentine
St. Valentine
and a great menu
St. Valentine
that we thoroughly enjoyed with some of our table mates
Our Table (Hanson, Janice, John, Peter, Gail, and Jeanette)
Noel and Ginny were on an overland trip at this time so they missed the affair and dinner. Hanson and I had escargot and lobster tails followed by this fabulous dessert.
One of the St. Valentine
That night we changed our clocks by turning them back one half an hour to bring us to Adelaide’s time zone. (Very weird to do that, I think).