Our friends, "the Coops", sent us an email from home today informing us that we're now "on about the spot where an enraged giant bull sperm whale rammed the Essex in 1820, sinking it and foisting the crew into whaleboats where they drifted for 91 days and had to resort to cannibalism." (If you're becoming bored with this blog...you can find out more about the adventure of the whaleship Essex by reading "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick. It's an excellent account!) At any rate, we didn't spend an inordinate amount of time watching for whale spouts because....we have been invited for cocktails tonight in the Captain's Quarters!! We can't figure out why we seem to be on the "A" list for these sought-after invitations. Maybe they think we're someone else just masquerading as "the Bridges"!?! Perhaps Brad Pitt and Angelina....maybe??? It was a very intimate candlelight affair (with REAL candles....not the fake rechargeable ones that are everywhere else on the ship!) and included the senior officers and about 20-30 passengers. Really fun!!
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