February 1-2, 2017, En route to San Francisco, California

February 1 - 2, 2017, En route to San Francisco, California
This is a run from Cabo San Lucas to San Francisco. We had our normal at sea schedule including Chairobics, two trivia sessions, and three meals.
On Wednesday, we attended presentations from Lord Robert Winston, this was question and answer session and Ambassador Chase Untermeyer, “The US-UK Special Relationship.” A history and discussion of Anglo-American relations, with particular attention to the personal ties between Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, Harold Macmillan and both Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, Tony Blair and both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and David Cameron and Barack Obama.  I think we missed the evening show. Just stayed in the cabin to do some long over due paperwork.
On Thursday, the lecture event was an interview with Captain Inger Klein Thorhauge. She told of her career from cabin steward on a ferry to captain of the Queen Elizabeth. This is the second time she has been the Captain on one of our cruises. The second lecture was by Seth Gopin, “California Modern: Architecture in a Western Garden of Eden.”
   
Earlier in the cruise, we attended a beer tasting event at the Golden Lion Pub. Eight different beers paired with eight different foods (bite sized). Really a great event that we enjoyed to the fullest. At the event, we met a couple from New Mexico. They had booked the cruise to San Francisco but had gotten an upgrade to a better cabin. When they boarded, they found that they had been given a Captain’s upgrade. One of the Queen’s Grill suites on the aft end of the ship was unsold. They jumped at the chance. Sandra and I were invited for pre-dinner drinks and to take a look at their suite. Unbelievable, three rooms, a dining room with a small kitchen area, a living room and a bedroom. All three rooms opened onto the wraparound balcony. The bath complex included a Jacuzzi tub, a separate shower, and two sinks in separate rooms. To top it off, the suite also included a Butler. Sandra and I may have to rethink our next cruise.