Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

April 24

I had a really hard time getting to sleep last night (it took about an hour and a half) and not sure why.  Once I fell asleep I slept very well and awoke at 9:15.  Got to watch the morning show for the first time in days (it only plays until ten) as I got ready.

Walked off the ship at 10:30 and it was still very overcast so the temperature wasn't too bad.  There were a number of vendors just off the ship and I will confess that was as far as I went.  I made a number of trips to Europe 20-25 years ago on my own and was much more adventurous but as my mobility has declined so has my risk-taking.  I suppose I should have taken more interest in these Mexican ports but I was not interested in a boat ride or 7hour excursions out to the country.  It has been very quiet on board today and very nice.

Bought a few things and was back onboard before noon.  Sat in the Lido and talked with a couple of Cruise Critic friends.  Had lunch and read for awhile and surfed the Internet (love this unlimited plan).

Liz had a craft planned for three called "Signature Art".  You wrote your name on a folded sheet of paper, cut it out and then glued it to a different color paper.

Following this was chocolate trivia.  Best part was Liz brought large plates of chocolate candies for us to munch on.  June, Penney, Violet, Mavis and I played and only had a score of 4 1/2 (winners had 7 1/2).
Q.  In 1950 tan replaced what color of M&M?
Q.  Which has less cholesterol- 1.65 oz. of chocolate or 1 oz. of cheddar cheese?
Q.  Japanese women give men chocolate on Valentine's Day.  When do men give women chocolate?

We then went to the Crow's Nest for Mexican Trivia.  Ugh!  We only had eight but got two extra points for our name - The Montezuma's Revenge.  Winner had 15, I think.
Q. When did Mexico gain independence from Spain?
Q.  What movie starring Ava Gardner and Richard Burton made Puerto Vallarta famous?

By the time we finished talking it was 6 pm and time to get ready for dinner.  Although Ryan (on the entertainment staff) had 7 pm trivia on his schedule there wasn't one.  Back to the cabin to work on my blog.  As I was working we lost the satellite signal and my BBC news disappeared.

Dinner at eight.  Still just the five of us.  I had prime rib and Heath bar crunch frozen yogurt.

I misread the daily program.  The show tonight was the ABBA group but singing the songs of Elton John and Billy Joel.  They were great (and very nice people - we met them playing trivia the other day).  The youngest member, Nick, wrote an update to "We Didn't Start the Fire" covering 1989 to the present.  They received a standing ovation.

We gain an hour of sleep tonight.

Cabo San Lucas tomorrow
Chocolate- violet, chocolate, White Day
Mexico - 1821, Night of the Iguana

Smooth sailing until next time!

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my signature art