Went to two lectures. Nigel Marvin spoke about hummingbirds..He is fabulous and very funny. If you can catch him on TV, you will enjoy him. Is big on BBC. I found out that humming birds can fly backwards and upside down. Dr. John Short spoke about the ecology of South America. Took a guided tour of the boat. What fun! Started off in the meal prep area. Spotless. Was between meals so very little staff was there. Saw the stations for meal prep . Fish, meat and poultry are separated. Have a bread bakery and a dessert station. Sauces and soups, salads, etc. They squeeze 60 pounds of oranges for orange juice every day. Person who does that starts at five am. Next we went into the freezers and saw how they stored all the food. Saw where the wait staff comes to load up their big trays.. they go down a flight of stairs and up an escalator with their plates to serve. They do have lessons for that. We saw the main control room where the engineers keep track of everything on board. Have tvs, and dials, etc to monitor. Looked like what I saw at Diablo Canyon. The laundry was fab. They have a huge machine that washes over 100 pounds of linens at a time. They have smaller washers that washes our clothes individually. Also a dry cleaner station, several people ironing,, and a person operating a sewing machine. Two men were working together to put sheets through what we used to call a mangler. As they sheets came out the other side, the machine folded them. We were amazed at that. Next we went past a ship where things get repaired. Had a complete woodworking shop . Last, we went to the bridge and met the captain. He showed us around and answered questions. We all felt very safe knowing about how they operate.
Where in the world is Dalna 