Sue & John New Blog for 2009

Off on our travels again on another lecture tour, this time starting in San Francisco on the P&O Oriana and finishing in Sydney.
Left London on a Monday morning and had a great flight out on BA, for once they did not lose out luggage and you can see the views as we came in over Canada on the polar route were very spectacular. We had an afternoon in San Francisco as the time difference meant we arrived early afternoon and so we did the tourist thing as neither of us had been there for many years. Rode a trolley bus, looked at Chinatown and ate crabs and clam chowder on Fisherman’s Warf.
Next day we set sail late afternoon and for John the real work started as there are 14 sea days and a lecture to be given every day. Luckily the first one went so well they had to move us to a larger venue as there were far more people wishing to attend than 150 seat cinema could accommodate. For the second one on the BBC in WW2 the larger room, seating 350, was also full so it looks as if we are pitching it right for the audience.
The sun has failed to shine since we left San Francisco and it’s been rather cool and cloudy to our surprise but no doubt it will get better as we approach Hawaii. We will post this there and bring more news later. In the meantime we continue to over indulge in the very good food on board, John is full of good intentions regarding the gym but there is so little free time! On Hawaii, we are to escort some of the passengers on a tour of the island. Hope we don’t lose any.
January 30 2009