Sunday 31 March At Sea

Another quiet day, we arrived at the port of Tianjin, China, at 5 pm.  The area is a flat landscape, not much happening out there although the port building is massive.  Not sure how many cruise ships come here but presume lots as it’s  the port for Beijing.  Beijing is 132 kms away and the town/city of Tianjin is about 25 kms away so there’s absolutely nothing to get off the ship for tonight. And the gangway will be off limits between 11 pm and 5.30 am so you wouldn’t want to go out and get lost LOL!!!  After breakfast today there was an excellent lecture on North Korea entitled ‘The Weirdest Place on Earth’ delivered by a lecturer who visited the area back in the late ‘90’s. Sue and I played trivia this afternoon and got a score of 7 out of 15. Not proud of that and next time we’ll be looking for a musician, a scientist, a nerd and Chloe to help us get a better score!!!! The entertainment tonight was at 5.30 instead of the usual 9.30 due early starts tomorrow. The programme listed ‘Multi-Talented Vocal Entertainer Danny Elliott “Strung up and Blown Away”, all the way from Australia!  Heard some people in the elevator say they’d spoken to some Australians and they’d never heard of him.  I said I too was Australian and had never heard of him!!!  So, I went along anyway and he was fantastic, had about 8 instruments which he played beautifully, including piano, and he even had a didgeridoo which he played before singing a fabulous rendition of Waltzing Matilda.  A truly talented guy.  Wonder where he’s been hiding!  So, as we have to be ready to assemble for our tour tomorrow at 7.15 it’s going to be an early night!  Footy scores amazing this weekend, I got 3 tips in!!!!