> He didn't seem to need practice, but I suppose professional piano players always try for prefection.

What, doesn't everybody want to be like Ford Prefect?

> In the afternoon (after another buffet!) we saw rainbows. They are visible early in the afternoon when you are ten or twelve deck above the water. At first they are low, but get higher late in the day.

Wow. Us landlubbers can hardly imagine such an existance. A rainbow every day? Sounds wond'rous.

> We passed several showers, but the ship steered around them so they wouldn't need to close the dome over the pool deck.
>
> In the evening we went to the captain's reception, ate in the formal dining room, saw a show, then went to one of the lounges to listen to the music. I've found that one of the major differences between a cruise ship and a hotel is the lounge. At a hotel, if you go into the lounge and don't drink, they act like you are intruding. On a cruise ship, they could care less. Sure, they come by and ask if you'd like something, but then they leave you alone. After a while, they begin to recognize you as a non-drinker and don't even ask. I like that. One lounge featured a string quartet and Dutch chocolate. We were offered chocolate as often as the drinkers.
> Next: Barbados

Which is preferable to MS-DOS.

Nyperold