Day 5 at Sea
What a lovely sleep in we had this morning, woken up by
our Tea being delivered to our cabin. Then it was off for a leisurely breakfast
up at the Lido Restaurant again. One day
we’ll get up early enough to have breakfast in the main dining room. The hours
for breakfast there are 7.30 to 9.00am whereas the Lido is 6.30 to 11.30am for
the lazy lot like us.
We decided to join the Trivia this morning in the Golden
Lion Pub. We got there at the last
minute so didn’t join a team so it was just ‘Team JillnRoy’. Much to our amazement we came third equal
with 14 out of 20. They must have had the easy questions ready when they saw us
coming.
Roy has gone to have a look at the gym this
morning. I hope he is doing more than
‘having a look’; his mission is to attend the gym for a workout on every sea
day. I declined to join him as I get enough exercise running up and down the
stairs.
Last night’s show by the Royal Cunard singers and
dancers was good covering the years from the 1920’s through to the 1970’s
including jazz, blues and rock and roll.
Afterward had a little visit to the Casino which is
quite small on this ship but has all the facilities of the larger Casinos we’ve
seen on other ships, just not so many of them. A great idea is that you can use
your room card in the slot machine and take money out of your on board account
to play with and then put your winnings back into your account again. Great if you’re winning. I’m in front by US$5.00 so far. I’ll let you
know when they pay me the jackpot into my on board account…lol.
We are enjoying our dinner in the Britannia Restaurant
at 8.30pm. We have a table of six but there is only Roy and I on it as they
others were waitlisted for the early sitting at 6.00pm and moved when they
checked in at Auckland….. 6.00pm is too early for us. We’re quite happy actually because we are
getting the most excellent service from our two Waiters and the Sommelier. I’m
sure if we just sat there with our mouths open they would spoon feed us…..lol.
Oh and I reported in yesterday’s blog that we were on
our way to Bora Bora, I was wrong Papeete is our next stop then Bora Bora.
Out on the huge Lido Pool deck at the back of the ship people
love to sunbathe in the comfy lounges during the day and I must say some are
getting lovely tans. Many are a darker
brown than my toast the other morning. J
I know Queen Elizabeth has a webcam you can view online
24 hours a day but we also have an aft camera looking out over the stern. Both
can be viewed via the TV in our cabin. Must say I haven’t seen the stern webcam
when looking online but maybe you can see that too if you know where to find
it.
More tomorrow.
