February 5 - Now below the equator. Crossed it at 3 pm yesterday. Event marked by a ridiculous tradition. Enough said. We arrive in Apia (Samoa) at noon tomorrow - it was 81 degrees at 7 am today. Six hour time difference from PA, by the way - that will change in a major way when we cross the international date line on Sunday (we don’t have Sunday).
Did you know the Queen Victoria is 964.5 ft long and 106 ft wide? She has a capacity of 1980 guests. Right now there are 1827 (it changes as people get on and off at various ports). Currently there are 776 UK, 406 US, 195 Australia, 192 Germany, and 98 from Canada. All in all there are 35 nationalities among the guests.
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hi...i totally forgot about your blog til tonight! all is well and vicky is learning new tricks (she actually slept on the bed w/me last night...i was very surprised!) if you send us sunshine i'll send you snow :)
Lois, I am really enjoying your blog of the trip. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. You are getting into the neighborhood of an old relative of mine, David Dean O'Keefe who was King of Yap at the beginning of the 20th century. Having heard his story as a boy, I always dreamed of going there, but my destroyer never made it out of the Atlantic. Maybe some day. - Pat
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