OCTOBER 18: SOME OF OUR PLEASURES WHILE SAILING AWAY
Yesterday we passed Equator, as I already mentioned. But we did a mistake. We did not ask the God of the seas, King Neptune, for permission to do it on beforehand. So we had to excuse ourselves in front of the king and his queen. He was reasonably angry with us, and some "hostages" among us had to suffer ( a bit )! The king threatened to call for help from his Greek brother, Poseidon. But it did not turn out to be necessary. We accepted to promise better behaviour in the future, while the King was swinging his Trident above our heads!
Later we calmed very much down, when we at our dinner table met a very, very nice Australian couple from Newcastle, a city about 100 km north of Sydney. They are on their way home from a family visit in California - near the frightening forest fires there, by the way. We have also briefly met a couple from Horsens, Denmark. The wife is very keen on cruising - her husband much less. He considers the best part of cruising is coming home afterwards! But he is reading books while here on the ship. And that is apparently a rare event!
Our own "Home University" today was dealing with a newly discovered huge threat to the world, to us all. No, it was not Trump (this time). It is scientific evidence that the number of insects in the world has dropped enormously. Great, you might think. We had actually noticed it ourselves this year, when we drove to and from Denmark. We got much, much less killed insects on our front window in our car than before. Others have had the same experience. Why is that dangerous for the world? Because insects are of crucial importance to the universal food chain ( and not only at restaurant Noma !), but to other animals, and to the balance in nature. Specialists are very worried. Hopefully it will not at the end mean that killing a fly will be forbidden :-)
Later we calmed very much down, when we at our dinner table met a very, very nice Australian couple from Newcastle, a city about 100 km north of Sydney. They are on their way home from a family visit in California - near the frightening forest fires there, by the way. We have also briefly met a couple from Horsens, Denmark. The wife is very keen on cruising - her husband much less. He considers the best part of cruising is coming home afterwards! But he is reading books while here on the ship. And that is apparently a rare event!
Our own "Home University" today was dealing with a newly discovered huge threat to the world, to us all. No, it was not Trump (this time). It is scientific evidence that the number of insects in the world has dropped enormously. Great, you might think. We had actually noticed it ourselves this year, when we drove to and from Denmark. We got much, much less killed insects on our front window in our car than before. Others have had the same experience. Why is that dangerous for the world? Because insects are of crucial importance to the universal food chain ( and not only at restaurant Noma !), but to other animals, and to the balance in nature. Specialists are very worried. Hopefully it will not at the end mean that killing a fly will be forbidden :-)
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