Anyone who knows me knows I am really silly when it comes to Halloween and I am a bit disappointed that this cruise is causing me to miss Halloween at home, don’t get me wrong – not so unhappy that I didn’t want to come along! However, my grandson is going as Buzz Lightyear today and I can’t wait to see the pictures! I had read that there was a 60/70’s night and I assumed it would have been tonight, so I jumped out of bed this morning to see our little newspaper – and it is not. So it looks like I might have to be a grown up today, all day. I think I can handle this!
Yesterday seems to have established an at sea pattern for us. We got up and walked the promenade, ate breakfast, went to ballroom dancing and line dance, lunch then a movie at the seascreen. The weather is still too cold to do much at the pool except watch movies! In fact, I had to go back to the room and get my big black cape that Mom bought me from Begg’s of Ayr. It is huge and wool and was perfect to lie under while watching “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend.” We also managed to squeeze time at the gym!
Ballroom dance update – Alan excelled at the ChaCha yesterday! The instructor is very good and can be really funny, but he did teach us very well. Apparently there is the American way to count into a ChaCha and the correct way. Even though I never knew the ChaCha, I had problems because I wanted to count in the way he said was wrong, maybe it is a genetic thing. It was fun anyway. Today – the Tango!
The ship is still bumping and jumping but the feel of it has changed and I no longer feel seasick, thank goodness. In fact, when the captain announced that we had left the Bay of Biscay at 7am, I thought back and realized it was about 7:30 that the nausea went away!
The highlight of the day was while doing our morning walk – I had just said to Alan that I wondered if we would see any whales on this trip and he calmly said “there they are over there”. Anyone who knows Alan know that you often have to take what he says with a pinch of salt, but this time they really were over there!!! It was a pod, apparently, the captain had announced this but we were outside and did not hear the announcement. Later back at our room, we spotted a huge pod of dolphin! We are so high – on deck 14 – that they looked like birds until we saw them jump up out of the water!
Before dinner, we went to the Planet Bar on deck 17, arriving at sunset. This is a beautiful setting as high and as far back as you can go. In addition to the sunset, we also had a nice pre-dinner drink and were entertained by watching fantastic scenes of various locations in Europe on 3 huge screens. Every home should have this set up!
“Somewhere in your journey don’t forget to turn around and enjoy the view!
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