'Radiance of the Seas' Cruise Log, Day 3 (September 25/Wednesday)

At sea, headed south by southeast en route to Bora Bora.

Woke a little before 9 a.m.

Breakfast in room of milk and coffee while I reviewed my lecture on Paul Gauguin.

Gave "Painter of Papeete" lecture on Paul Gauguin in Aurora Theater. Ran about 30 minutes plus 10 minutes Q&A; need to expand 10-15 minutes (e.g., w. quotes from Gauguin, additional art, notes about his children).

Lunch in Windjammer. Mostly Indian specialties, including dal/lentils, rice pudding.

Attended John Dobson's lecture on European exploration of the Pacific and left at beginning of Q&A.

Rushed up to art auction and chatted w. auctioneer Wayne and fiance Lianna. Accepted bottle of champagne as thanks for mentioning art auction during my presentation. (Displayed painting, ostensibly by Dali and titled "Mount of Geryon," showing two downward-facing clasped hands, which Diane and I both believed was mislabled -- checked later, however, and confirmed that we were wrong!)

Second lunch in Windjammer. Spaghetti w. creamy pesto sauce and black olives; then, hot dog w. sauteed onions, macaroni and cheese.

Exercise consisting of seven turns around the Promenade Deck/Deck 5 (2.1 miles).

Evening before dinner read for a few hours, including the balance of Noa Noa and a chapter from The Teaching of Buddha; drank Earl Grey and black tea.

Dinner in Windjammer; Oriental noodle soup that you cook yourself in a pot, Kirin Light beer, Bami Goreng (not enough noodles/too many vegetables) w. peanut sauce, curried lamb, curried eggplant. Chatted afterward w. one of the Australian couples from our first day dinner; discussed immigration policy and Australia's Christmas Island, etc. 

Went to crew Internet cafe; kitchen staffer from India named kindly Pinto taught me how to set up my account and told me that rates dropped from 75 cents a minute to 12 cents a minute after 11 p.m. Was not able to log in either there or in stateroom w. laptop but got on at crew terminal for just 6 cents a minute and responded to couple of messages, birthday wishes, etc.