Century Part Two

Yesterday was the last day of the first cruise and the first day of the second cruise. Two consecutive cruises are called Back to Backs or B2B in cruisers lingo. We are in that category. We changed cabins with a minimum of effort and went off the ship to sightsee once again and do a little local shopping in San Diego.


Today we spent the day at Catalina Island off the coast of Los Angeles. We have been there several times throughout the years we lived in California. Things haven't changed much. The Casino is still there. Now it is a movie theater. The ferrys still run back and forth all day. We call them the barf ferries because everyone always throws up on them. It is a rough twenty six miles to LA. There are no cars allowed on the island and the means of transport is the golf cart. Just like the Villages in Florida. People still come over for the weekends to party. Everything is still overpriced. Some things never change and Catalina is one of them.

Tonight we met some of the new officers who just signed on. Tomorrow there is another party with them. Tomorrow night we will be having dinner with the Chief Engineer at the Captains Table. I know the wine will be great and after a few glasses I will be speaking Greek.