We took a really long nap this afternoon after lunch.
The computer ran out of power and Jim went down to the Business Center and came back with a transformer- more like a fat plug- and it worked great. I couldn't help but remember the transformers that we had to buy and use in Germany 45 years ago. Those things were huge- about 4" x 6" and weighed 10-20 pounds. This one was too cool! We are off and running with power! Indeed technology has come a long way...and what an understatement that is!
We went downstairs to the bar and met a couple from Tucson-originally from Holland- who are traveling on the MS Nautica as well. They had been in the bar just after noon when we were so we began a conversation. They have traveled a great deal also so we had fun comparing notes with Ben and Adrianna.
Jim and I went to dinner at Man Fu Yuan Chinaese Restaurant in the hotel.
We shared way too much food- garlic pork rolls; prawns with tropical
fruit salad; crispy pork ribs; sliced chicken with
dried chilis and cashew nuts and a vegetarian dish of lily bulbs, snow peas, mushrooms and water chestnuts in a yam bowl. Learned that yams are clearly different in China than they are in our background. All was tasty. I even had a dessert that was supposed to be good for your complexion- a warm sort of apple soup with Fiji apples and cherries. Very different.
The restaurant was lovely, the service was grand and the food was very different.
We are off to bed for the evening of December 20.
