On sea days many of the 180s have been working on a World Quilt
Project. Everyone does a square (certain people more than one) depicting their
favorite places or activities, for a memory quilt.
At the end of the cruise, the Oceania staff project initiator, Ana, presented the quilt to everyone in the Insignia Lounge, right before a raffle to benefit of the Crew Welfare Fund.
Only one problem: Ana was off the ship for 3 months, from Cape Town to Sydney. Who would help inexperienced contributors with their squares? Who could begin piecing it together in straight lines? Who on earth would have a sewing machine with them on a cruise? We know who:
The contributors posed for a group picture with the Insignia General Manager Victor before the raffle. A couple celebrating their 50th anniversary won the quilt and the Crew Welfare Fund received $5,500. A great story all the way around.
Victor gave Joani a $300 ship-board credit, a 100% reimbursement for the used Bernina she bought in Singapore. It’s a 50 cycle / 220 volt machine and will be used for the quilting project on the next around-the-world cruise. Happy hour has been very happy recently.
All good things must come to an end. Tomorrow night Joani and I and several other couples are having dinner in the Grand Dining room with Victor the GM and Ray the Cruise Director. There will be toasts and tears before we leave.
Thanks to all who have been reading. Blogspot.com shows over 3,000 hits. Tremendous motivation to keep posting.
See everybody soon!
Signing Off,
Bob & Joani
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