Well, we had a great day in Miami. Did a little business that needed to be done, and then had a fabulous lunch with Lynn. I have been to South Beach, but never to Miami proper, and blindly I picked what was probably the perfect restaurant for lunch. The food was terrific and the view was sublime. We were on a balcony overlooking one of the inlets. Perfect. We got back to the ship, and I got a message from Lynn that she made it home, so all was right with the world.
At 7pm we made our way up to the Star Bar for the Friends of Dorothy gathering to see if the new passengers would add to our merry band, and they did. A couple from Pittsburgh and Fort Lauderdale (snowbirds), another pair from Sydney along with a straight, single man and two guys traveling together (but I don’t think they were “together”) from NYC and Buenos Aires (one from each city) and then we were joined by a single guy from Prague. His partner was still in his cabin. David and I, along with three Aussies from the LA-Miami leg were the returning guest stars. Great conversation, but because the group was larger, David was missing a lot of it. We didn’t go to dinner with them, although most of the group went off to dinner together. We stayed behind with the guy from Prague and found out that his partner also had a stroke, and had some difficulties as well. We met them at breakfast this morning. His partner is an American, and they split their time between Provincetown, Sarasota and Prague. They also cruise across the Atlantic pretty regularly, so it will me nice to get to know them.
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So, as I said, the population on the ship changed in Miami. About 300 folks remained, and the other 1500+ changed. My Father and many others will understand this, but now I feel like I am on a field trip with residents of The Villages of Del Boca! More scooters and canes, but they aren’t necessarily relegated to the oldsters, there are plenty of people who are my age or younger who have some sort of physical disability. The most noticeable change volume and accents of the new folks – very loud and mostly NYC/Long Island/NJ accents. Just to prove that it isn’t all about the age, we were at lunch today and there were two couples at a table behind me, and I was sure they were 70-somethings from FL by way of Long Island, but when I turned around, they were younger than me, but just sounded old.
Got up early this morning and took the free Abs Class at the fitness center, which was good, but it was packed. The room almost emptied when the Yoga Class was to begin. There is a charge for the Yoga Class. I thought it was interesting that during Yoga on the new age music that was playing was a version of the Theme from Titanic. Believe it or not, it is a very popular song to play on a cruise ship. You know how sometimes you hear conversations and think, oh, God, that sounds like my parents? I signed up (again) for the Second City murder mystery luncheon. As I was waiting on line, a couple walked by and the wife said, “Oh, that looks like fun. Want to go?” and the husband’s response was “No, it’s $20”. No offense Dad, but I told David all I could think was they sounded like Charlie talking to Molo (my parents)!
We went to the Friends of Dorothy gathering again tonight, and the group has grown quite a lot. There were about thirty of us tonight, and don’t ask me to tell you names or where the guys are from (or why there are no lesbians, for that matter). It was much more difficult for David tonight, but we fell into conversation with a guy and his partner who have a house in Palm Springs. Well, they just bought a house in Palm Springs. We left for dinner with the Aussie contingent, which was nice, but David was quite annoyed with me. It was a long rectangular table with about eleven of us, and David was seated at the end and was left out of a lot of the conversation. I tried to keep him involved, but it was almost impossible to act as translator and participate. I think we need to stay away from large gatherings like that (which we did last night) and if we do, David will have to walk further to me at a more central spot.