Sea Day #2

This trip has a lot of sea days bunched together because the Atlantic is a big ocean.  We will travel over 3,000 miles at about 18.5 knots.  People like transatlantic sailing because, I think, there is a lot of time to relax and enjoy what the ship has to offer.  After our especially hectic start to our trip with five land tour nights where we had to fill the days with our own resources and pack  in the most sites and museums possible (you never know if you will be back again!) we immediately it the ground running with four port days!    Including our transfer to ship that is nine days of nonstop action! Phew! 

We have agreed to start our sea days in the Solarium at the front of the ship.  The large pool, two hot tubs, lots of lounge chairs and the healthy alternative café are all within the large glass enclosure.  That way if one of us it up before the other we only have to put on our swimsuit and sneak out but can find each other before the schedule of activities really begins.

Elva has been going to all the lectures on art history and how to use your Apple products.  I like the ones on history and culture.  We meet up for one or two of the trivias and sometimes have lunch but always dinner and the shows together.  Progressive trivia hasn’t start yet.  I haven’t found a good team that isn’t already full so I hope I stumble into one.  Unlike Carnival there is only a couple of games a day so progressive will make the third.  I like to play because I always learn something new.

The history lesson was about Prince Henry the Navigator.  Although he never himself sailed on a voyage of discovery, he is responsible for the building of ships that could survive the oceans and also for instruments to help the sailors know where they were and where they were going.  The lady, Lisa, who gives the talks keeps your attention with her liveliness and inflection and does not read the Power Point slides to you but adds information to them.  I like that.

At dinner we each had the least delicious choices.  The steak I had the other day was this time dry and gristly.  Elva’s lamb was tough.  I ordered Panna Cotta for dessert because we had time and it was a thin layer of cream over fruity jello that had no distinguishable flavor.  Weird!  Our tablemates were from Sweden and were delightful.  We really enjoyed their conversation and also finding out more about the country.  Neither of has been there yet.  Maybe that is in our future.

During the day I had stopped by the future cruise desk and Scandinavia was one I am looking at.  I have to make sure that all the benefits of booking on board are worth making the commitment.  And I have to think about who might be able to go with me.  Any volunteers?

The show this evening was by the production cast.  Remix was a lively combination of great pop music from years gone by and current pop culture.  They did a little River Dance and a little Stomp and a lot of acrobatics and Cirque blended into the visuals.  Elva and I were second row center and really enjoyed all the excitement of the great show, especially the aerial artists over our heads!

After the main show we went to the Love and Marriage Game Show in the Celebrity Central.  It was not nearly as well done as I have seen it on other ships.  They let the couples volunteer to be in it and they were not the least bit caught off guard or funny with their answers.  Paul, who is a good cruise Director, is too reserved to spice it up.  But it did keep us up a little later and that is good.  With turning back the clocks every other day we are all off kilter with sleep time!

All in all, an entertaining and delicious sea day!