Radiance of the Seas Cruise Log, Day 8 (September 30/Monday)

In port at Papeete, French Polynesia.

Breakfast and coffee and some upper deck shoots of Papeete from back outside section of Windjammer.

Walked around town for brief overview and photographs of historic sites, including tree reputed to have once had a bar amongst its limbs and where Gauguin supposedly drank Absinthe (below). Briefly met w. academic consultant Pierre Blanchard, a 37-year resident of Papeete, and spoke with him about Tahitian language, native religion, etc. Continued on to Paofai Park near the harbor and met with another couple from the ship, Steve and Dee Blackburn of Denver, Colorado.

Lunch in Windjammer of small roast chicken thigh, mashed potatoes w. cheese sauce, cauliflower, iced tea. 

Spent big part of afternoon, most of it pleasant, drinking wine in Star Studio, a cafe across from the port and from which I could see our ship. Diane felt neglected and, after intimating this in some detail, returned to ship alone while I took the opportunity to post first three days of this log to my TravelBlogue, post a couple of items to d-Infinity Online, etc.