Sunday, January 9, 2011

Mitzi Gaynor

Saturday, Jan 8 – day at sea and met some of the group around 10:00, 11:00 meeting and quick lunch in the freezing cold dining room! Then 2PM creative writing class, meeting with Pinnacle Grill manager for group dinner, cleaning up room and dressing for formal night, getting drawer fixed…the list never ends.

The dining room was decorated nicely with flags of most nations and then we were entertained by Mitzi Gaynor! What a treat! Of course, I went to both shows!! “Razzle Dazzle: My Life Behind the Sequins”. She came out in her sailor outfit from South Pacific, her lead role and changed into four glamorous gowns. She looked great and they have been running on documentary on her “specials” from TV and I really enjoyed seeing them – from 1960s-70s. She looks great at 76 and gave very good shows. A real thrill!

Sunday – Jan 9 – spent most of the morning running around the ship getting mixed up invitations (not by me, but housekeeping) re-delivered to staterooms and deciding on the menu and wines for the Pinnacle Grill dinner.

On the Caribbean Sea, Puerto Limon is an older port town with access to the coffee plantations and jungle canal/mangrove tours in the Tortuguero area to see the alligators and turtles. We were just walking around the main square and saw a large sloth above our heads! Not the safest place to be wandering around so be aware of your surroundings.

Shopping is for beautiful wooden crafts and jewelry and placemats! Really pretty and I had forgotten how creative you can be with an assortment of colors! They were filming a TV show at the waterfront so we hung out with the locals and watched some men try to pull themselves up a wooden wall using only their arms as they jump from one rung to the other – impressive!