Sleepy Sunday at the equator

It’s Sunday and it’s a nice, quiet and relaxing day. Both Steve and I walked for about an hour and a half on deck today...a total of between 5 and 6 miles. That just may help ward off the pounds from last night’s extravagant dinner, which included chocolate tres leches cake YumYum!

Today we will cross the equator. In honor of this, a huge mid-earth, mid-day brunch was served, along with beautiful ice sculptures, and every kind of brunch and lunch dish imaginable. We both went to a lecture on Equador, then Steve went to golf class, and I went to music (keyboard) class. We met after for a glass of wine in the lounge and now are resting and relaxing in our stateroom until it is time to venture out in search of dinner. Sigh....is this really real or what? One could become quite lazy and hedonistic. Mind you, is that necessarily a bad thing, especially in small doses?

Tomorrow we dock in Manta in Ecuador. We think we may go in search of panama hats, which are actually made in Ecuador. They are called Panama Hats because one was presented to Teddy Roosevelt while he was in Panama. There are three qualities of panama hats, ranging in price from $300 to $1200. Of course, we can also purchase the other kind of panama hats for about $30 on the street. It would be interesting to see the difference.

Hope everyone is having as relaxing a day as we are. Hasta luego.