An At Sea Day ~~~ Sunday the 20th.

Sunday the 20th was an At Sea day.

We were cruising the coastal waters of British 

Columbia.

First photos of the morning.

Looking straight out from our balcony.

I have no idea why the balcony rail is 

straight in the photo

 and yet the water is at a slant.

Looking aft,

straight down into that beautiful blue,

and again out to the horizon.

Looking forward towards the bridge.

We  had breakfast sandwiches and coffee

 at the International Cafe.

The light fixture looking up at the ceiling 

in the Piazza.

Someone said that the colors changed to 

blue/purples, but I  don't think I ever saw

it any way but this color.

 Photo taken through Skywalkers blue windows.

After breakfast,

we headed up to Skywalkers

for a digital photography class.

I did take notes, but can't find them now.

I'm not sure I learned anything as the 

class was very basic.

But we did enjoy the class with Marija.

She was the ships Platinum Studio Artist.

She became an important part of our cruise,

as we did spend quite a bit of time with her.

Rick and I sat for professional photos

several days later with her.

Now that is something we hadn't done since

1980... yikes, and we knew we'd probably

never get them done at home.

So we bit the bullet $$$ and got them done

while we were on the ship.

We had our photo session with her on the 

second formal night right after dinner,

so we were dressed up.

She spent an hour talking with us before 

even taking photos.

Then another hour taking photos.

She helped this very reluctant photo subject

get comfortable enough to go through with it.

This was something Rick was rather adamant

to get done.  

They're black and white, 

and they turned out very nice.

On the funny side though,

Just who are those 'old people' ? 

 The photos were delivered last week

and we're very happy with them.

Now, they need framed 

 but that will have to wait.

We saw Marija as we were in line

to leave the ship in Seattle.

She was getting off for a few hours 

to walk to Whole Foods,

because she wanted to stock up on 

healthier foods for the coming week.

She gets really tired of the ships food

which is the same menu week after week.

Anyway, hugs and thank you's were exchanged

and I never expected to get attached to a crew 

member like we did with her.

She was very sweet and kind to us.

Her studio is on the aft end of the ship

on deck 15.  Right outside the studio doors

there's a door leading outside

with this wake view.

Once again,

looking down into that swirling water. 

Looking out at the wake.

 It was quite mesmerizing.