Last night we left the Port of Livorno Italy for Cartagena
Spain. We went north of Corsica and then
travelled southwest toward the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. In the middle of the night the seas turned
rough. By morning the ship was battling
10m waves. With all this rockin’ and
rollin’ going on you just don’t feel right.
No one that we know has seasickness but you’re constantly aware that you’re
not stable.
As the evening has progressed the sea has claimed down and
it has started to feel normal again when walking through the hallways.
This is our first full day on the sea, so for entertainment we
went to three trivia contests. The
questions are unbelievable hard. Our team tied for first in the first
contest. We didn’t rank in the second
round but in the third contest, which was based on 60s music, we scored 38 out
of 40 and finished tied for second.
Marg and myself both agreed that the staff is the
friendliest crew that we’ve encountered on any of our cruises, with the
possible exception of the Scenic river cruise that we took a couple of years
ago. They are always smiling and are
very helpful.
Tonight was our first formal dinner. Terry Wallace from Hamilton, who sits at our
dining room table, went in full Scottish attire. It came complete with jacket, puffy shirt and
a kilt. Larry who is a lawyer/actor from
Los Angles wore his tux. Joan R. would
be happy to know that I wore my black suit with a white shirt to match my hair. Marg wore her long formal black gown with her
elegant red, black and gold top.
For dinner Marg had lamb chops and I had seared duck with a
dry Riesling from Australia. I was
especially happy because they finally had cold fruit soup as the second
course. Tonight it was Pear and Honey
soup.
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