Day 6 at Sea
The weather is beginning to warm up although today there
are a few clouds in the sky and a strong breeze. White caps to be seen but they aren’t having
any effect on the ship. Maybe because
this ship is new there is no feeling of moving, it’s more like gliding through
the water. Today the sea is a very deep blue
sapphire colour.
There was a reported sighting of whales yesterday, we
didn’t see them and nor did most people so we’re guessing someone is catching
up on the old Moby Dick story and having nightmares....lol
Our first formal evening was last night. The Captains Welcome party for those of us
who boarded in Auckland was most enjoyable.
Plenty of champagne, red and white wine or orange juice was flowing.
Also some delicious little nibbles were served. A nice touch was for everyone
to be introduced individually to Captain Christopher Wells and have their
photograph taken with him before entering the Queens room. He seems a very
friendly and approachable Captain, cracking jokes and having a laugh with
everyone.
Dinner was lovely as usual. We’ve had a great choice of
menu every night including the usual Beef, Pork, Chicken plus Duck and also Pheasant
and seafood, and that’s in the Britannia Restaurant. Alex, Ana and Aija are
looking after us like royalty. We joke that those in Suites who eat at the
Queens Grill are probably thoroughly enjoying their horse meat. J
Roy noticed up at the Lido Restaurant at midnight last
night when he went to get a cup of tea on our way home, there were fresh
Mussels in their shell available. He just couldn’t eat them at that time of
night though. Those with broken zips and popped buttons were up there enjoying
the selection.J The
Lido is open 24 hours a day.
If you like to dance then Queen Elizabeth is definitely
for you. Everyone dances no matter which
band or what type of music is playing. The Queens room, one of the many venues
is midship on Deck 2 and we pass it to get from one end of the ship to the
other so we always stop, as does everyone else, and have a few dances before
and after dinner. Every sea day there are dancing lessons from the two
professional dancers on board. They are
teaching new steps and new dances. They
make it all look easy, they don’t have two left feet…lol. They gave us all a
demonstration last night in the Queens room, how wonderful it was to see them
dance so beautifully.
The entertainment in the Royal Court theatre was a
comedian, and Irish guy who has lived in the USA for the past 25 years but he
still had a strong Irish accent. He was hilarious, only wish I could remember
some of the jokes…. I’m no good at re-telling jokes.
Oh, I must mention how we went in the Trivia this
morning…ummmm..… no I won’t….lol.
A little quote that can be seen around the ship: “I am
easily satisfied with the very best.”..…Winston Churchill.
