Konnichiwa. Breakfast is starting to be my favorite meal of the day. Nancy and I get up for some exercise in the workout room, and then head for breakfast which is served at 7am. We like to eat outside on the 6th deck. The food is self-served through a cafeteria style line, and is pretty tasty. There is some variety from day to day, but there is always fresh fruit. Then comes the potatoes, eggs and meat (bacon or ham).
Eggs are scrambled, fried, or available as omelets--often choices. On alternate days, we get pancakes or French toast with syrup.
If there is room on your plate, the next section is pastries--croissants, muffins, CHOCOLATE CROISSANTS. A few of the students are futiley trying to figure out innovative ways to smuggle alcohol back on board at ports. We faculty are much more interested in smuggling one of those pastries out of the dining hall for a second breakfast. For those who want just plain old toast, or bagels, or English muffins, you have to go around the corner where you can toast them and get jelly and peanut butter.
On really special days, there is a big pot of grits for us Southerners. This pot alternates with cream of wheat or oatmeal. This is all served with coffee or hot tea, and the waiters are ready to pounce as soon as you sit down with a variety of juices.
But one of the big joys of breakfast is the sunrise. It doesn't get much better.
The students are starting to have exams and work on papers. We've seen a big increase in helping students in the library in the past few days. We've also seen a big increase in Japan port preparation. In the library, we have a big board with phonetic spellings of Japanese words and phrases and some pictures that show how signs are represented, ie. men's bathroom. We also had some of the stewards come into the library and start to put tie-downs on the book shelves. The word from them is that we are going to experience some heavy seas during the night.
And finally, I got this group of students to pose for me with last night's sunrise in the background. Sah-Yoh-Nah-Rah
On really special days, there is a big pot of grits for us Southerners. This pot alternates with cream of wheat or oatmeal. This is all served with coffee or hot tea, and the waiters are ready to pounce as soon as you sit down with a variety of juices. 
But one of the big joys of breakfast is the sunrise. It doesn't get much better. 
The students are starting to have exams and work on papers. We've seen a big increase in helping students in the library in the past few days. We've also seen a big increase in Japan port preparation. In the library, we have a big board with phonetic spellings of Japanese words and phrases and some pictures that show how signs are represented, ie. men's bathroom. We also had some of the stewards come into the library and start to put tie-downs on the book shelves. The word from them is that we are going to experience some heavy seas during the night.
And finally, I got this group of students to pose for me with last night's sunrise in the background. Sah-Yoh-Nah-Rah
You're going to be so spoiled when you get back, you won't hardly be able to stand your old morning routine!
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