January 25-27, 2017

January 25, 26,27, 2017
After leaving the Panama Canal, the ship turned to the north to follow the coast of Panama headed to our next port of call in Mexico. January 25 is also the traditional day to celebrate the Scottish poet Robert Burns. After dinner, haggis was served, we stopped at the Queens Room for the celebration. There was Scottish dancing by the ships dancers, the traditional Addressing the Haggis and a reading of a Burns writing. By the way, haggis is a dish made of ground lamb, oatmeal, spices cooked in a sheep’s stomach.

Jan 26, 2017, Thursday, A day at sea, the highlights were a lectures by Dr. Peter Quartermaine, “Cunard and the QE2" and Dr. Joe Golden, “Chasing Hurricanes in the Air and on the Ground.”

Jan 27, 2017 Friday, Another day at sea, the highlights, I attended a seminar in the Computer Center titles “Introduction to iOS 10 on Apple iPhones and iPads”. I did learn quite a bit about the Apple system. Todays lectures included Lord Robert Winston, “What Makes Us Happy”. Lord Winston has done a number of programs on the BBC network, unfortunately, not broadcast in the United States. The second lecture was by Dr. Quartermaine about “The Building of a Modern Cruise Ship”. He made the comment that the old cruise ships took a ship and put a hotel on top. The new cruise ships are hotels with a bow put on the front and an engine on the other end.

The evening show was Mac Frampton playing the piano. Extremely good.