Thursday, February 23. Bouncy-Boat weather. 19 C. Day 51, [60% of the cruise left.]
Now nine hours behind west coast time. We are in the same DAY as you, for some hours each day. It will make more sense as we sail West and are in UK time in late March.
What to write about today? It is a bit like being in solitary confinement this week at sea, for the passengers at least, to the Crew it is just another day or week on the job. [They do not get days off while working their contracts that vary in months up to six or seven months?] Some passengers just love the sea days, others despise them and everything in between.
Fellette and I quite enjoy the sea days, as the ports, although interesting can sometimes be very tiring and can seem like a waste of time and money. In many, many cases we have visited these ports a few times over the years and are just nice to stroll in. Our tastes and enthusiasm have also changed over 40 years of being on ships. We go on ships/cruises for a vacation, not an extension of our home life. We are quite busy at home and need a break from that, that is why we are where we are: to RELAX.
It is challenging for me to relax, Fellette however can quite easily keep busy on quiet sea days as she was an only child and can easily entertain herself, that is a fact. I however can relax on a ship when there is no workshop, nor garden nor a Canada Ticket to visit or do work for. I love the life on a ship. However, I need to accomplish something productive every single day: my Father told me that 80 years ago but I think I misinterpreted his words!
For the first time this cruise, today, we went for a stroll after breakfast and, before lunch, just because we felt like it. We had to quit the before-lunch walk as my toe acted up because of the work it had to do struggling to keep me upright in a rocking and rolling ship. If this issue does not mend itself in the next 78 days I am going to seek out professional help. I am too young to have a limp!
Tonight, our table of six went to the Canaletto Restaurant, just because: to have some variety, and be over serviced! We just talked and talked and talked. Great night.
A Decent Day At Sea…
Jim, Gail and us, the two elderly women are sisters, widows, 80 and 83, fun ladies. It was a 3 3/4 hour fun dinner,
Our map shows us slowly creeping west to Africa. On lower right you can see we have about 3000 Ks, seven days to go before we hit the island of Mauritius. The Southern Indian Ocean is HUGE.
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