WiFi now works well on the ship.  Only five days left on the cruise.  Today I'll post on what happened the past two days.  Sunday began with lunch.  We wake up too late for breakfast.  Mostly fish. At 4PM we went to high tea, with piano music in the background. Dinner was delivered to our room. Started with Ahi Tuna Poke and Karuga Caviar and Cappuccino of Poblano Pepper and Sweet Corn.  Then an excellent Classic Tournedos Rossini, with Sautéed Foie Gras, Dauphine Potatoes and Truffled Madeira Sauce.  Not shown was Lemon Meringue Pie. Walked 3403 steps, mostly jogging/dancing in place in our room. The big deal about yesterday was crossing the equator.  Of course only instruments know when this occurs at sea, but I've seen man-made lines on land a couple of times.  I've lost track of how many equator crossings on a plane.  When I crossed the equator cruising south on the  Crystal Harmony  ( photo on the right ), I cited the following advantages : 1.  Ideal for  space shots

Yesterday was one of those postings that never ended.  I went on tangential tours and finally crashed to a conclusion as I was falling asleep.  Hope to clean up the typos soon. I sometimes tend to be spiritual on Sundays, but today will reflect on why luxury cruise lines tend to now and then go bankrupt.  After all, Jesus Christ was born, lived, crucified and was resurrected. The prime example was the demise of the very successful Crystal cruises. Very early in 2022 I was planning on a fall trip and thought maybe I'd work in a European river cruise with Crystal.  These tend to be be around 10 days long and on Crystal, maybe $12,000 for two. That is the amount we would have lost, although there are indications that  you can recover most of that if you take five future trips with them . So here is what went wrong with Crystal. The pandemic was not kind to the parent company of Crystal,  Genting Hong Kong . Their first cruise line was Star Cruises in 1993. They purchased Norwegian Cru