January 17 - Cruising the Pacific

Today’s line-up of lectures was pretty interesting.  We first went to The Silent Tsunami:  Island Nations under Siege, about climate change and how it is affecting the small island nations scattered across the Pacific and how it is expected to impact them in the coming decades.  This was presented by retired Ambassador Scott DeLisi. 

The next lecture we attended was presented by TV and film actor Bruce McGill.  He is one of those actors who, when you see him you think you must know him but can’t quite figure out where.  Both of us had seen him around the ship and both of us were trying to figure out where.  He talked about his 50 years in the TV and Film industry.  He appeared in Animal House, My Cousin Vinny, The Legend of Bagger Vance, and for seven years he played Detective Korsak in the TV Show Rizzoli and Isles.  He gave a great presentation about his career and played a few clips from some of the movies.

Paul did some laundry in the afternoon and Mary went to another lecture by a 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist (swimmer).  It was mainly about his journey to the Olympics. 

This evening’s entertainment was Tian Jiang, concert pianist.  He played a selection of standard classical music, his own compositions and a few standard classics that he arranged. He was very good.  

Views from everywhere on the ship - the beautiful Pacific Ocean.