Day 4: We All Live In A Yellow Submarine (or the Statendam for a week)

Today we were at sea, traveling through College Fjord. If you’re curious, a fjord is a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between mountains formed by submergence of a glaciated valley. I have to say, during my Geology course this past semester I was thoroughly excited not just because I really enjoy Earth Science but because of our study on glaciers (Glaciology) and knowing I was going to get to actually experience this in a few short months. So going through and seeing all the things I’d recently studied was very cool! I participated in the spin and Pilates classes in the fitness room later this afternoon and had a great time! This evening was our first of two formal dinning dinners. After getting all pretty I headed up to dinner and was seated with a 9 top. Not terrible but definitely a little slow…two hours to eat stinkin dinner with a table of strangers. But it wasn’t all that bad just long. I was able to finish in time to catch the show that evening (Bob Mackie’s Broadway). The singers were pretty good and I enjoyed listening/singing along quietly to the showtunes ☺. Mark was up in the Crow’s Nest spinning 50s and 60s music so I went up there after the show to dance the night away…and that’s exactly what I did!!! I love dancing and had a blast dancing with a bunch of the other passengers. I met a couple (Don ran the marathon in Anchorage) from Arizona, a few ladies from San Antonio, and a wonderful family from Michigan (Mike's currently living on the East coast) who all (except Patrick, brother, and Ann, mom) ran the marathon as well. The ladies and the family ended up being dancing regulars with me for the duration of the cruise.