Good friends.....

One of the drawbacks of a World Voyage is that some friends only travel for segments.

In San Francisco we said "Goodbye" to Paula and Derek, two funny, amazingly talented people (art and horticulture) who giggled through pub quizzes with us.  One night, there was an Australian quiz and we were so sure that we did not know anything about Australia that we did not fill in the official quiz sheet.  Had we done so, we would have won!!!!  Amazingly, we knew more than any other team in the pub.  Fat lot of good it did us!

In San Francisco, I bought 3 succulents and named them Paula, Paula, Jr and Derek.  I will post photos soon.

Tonight, we will say "Goodbye" to Lynn and Dave - quizzers with a purpose.  Thanks to them we have prize stamps and will be able to get some Cunard souvenirs at the end of the voyage.  But, once they leave, I will find other intellectual pursuits including Spanish lessons twice a day, that is until the Spanish teacher leaves.

And today, I sid "Goodbye" to Antonio, my "wish" grandson, a remarkable young man - intelligent, funny, thoughtful and very musical.  Good luck and Godspeed.  See you in Malaga!

From north to south - see latitude - from the stateroom tv

The ship's horn sounded when we crossed the Equator and we "jumped" across.

After San Francisco

Photos from Samoa (very few) and Tonga (more) will be processed and posted soon.

In the meantime, some photos from the days after San Francisco

Sunrise, 14 February 2019, with Venus

My "get well soon" flowers

 Joy, our World Voyage concierge

San Francisco - 06 February, 2019

Before the photos:  in order to get relatively fast internet service, I have to come to the ship's library at about 8 pm or between 4 and 6 am.  There is too much metal between my stateroom and the routers for anything like a fast connection.

And, I have been in the stateroom since Sunday evening, with a raging cold, a fever slightly over 100 degrees F and a constant headache.  That meant missing Honolulu and Maya and Co.  I cried myself silly when I wasn't sleeping on Monday but there was no way that I could expose her/them to this virus.

I went down to dinner for the first time tonight and got a royal welcome from my waiters and the head waiter.

Of course, P now has it and so I get to thank him for his help during the last 4 days by looking after him.  In truth, I am a better patient, but that's a story for another time.

Public water fountains

The tram fare is $1.35 with about 2-hours time to transfer

A whale poster for those who had watched whales in Mexico

If this church looks familiar, it's the one featured in "Sister Act".

Camelias in the garden

Another reason to "think pink"

Help!  Who was St. Lucy?

 Do not "fornicate"!

St. Lawrence, patron saint of cooks

Many of the windows were donated by families

Nation Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi

Cole's Hardware store - my idea of heaven!!!!

Down Grant Avenue

The Hand of Buddha lemons

Happy New Year, except for the ducks