Day 7 at Sea Tuesday 26 February first day crossing the dateline
What an achievement, we managed to get organised early
enough to go down to the Britannia dining room for breakfast. There are quite a
few things on the menu that are not available up in the Lido Restaurant. Roy had his favourite salmon and then Eggs
Benedict and I had my usual cereal and Buttermilk Pancakes with Maple syrup. We
were seated at a nice table right at the back of the restaurant with a view
overlooking the aft of the ship. The sea was quite choppy this morning so much
so that one large wave caused our coffee to splash out of the cups on to the
table. It only happened once after that it was a bit like driving on a bumpy
road for a while. Also a few showers passed but then the sun came out and the
temperature is now much warmer than yesterday and the sea has calmed down again.
A bird has been following us since we left
Wellington. We don’t think it’s an
Albatross although it does have a long wingspan. Anyway every now and then when
it needs a bit of a rest it lands on the ship and has a sleep then when it is
refreshed off it goes again. It seems to love gliding along the rear of the ship and swooping up
and down every now and then. I’ve been trying to take a photo but it’s too
quick for me. We wonder if it will follow us all the way to Papeete. I hope it knows how to speak French. J
On the dot of 10.00am we’re always ready and waiting in
the Golden Lion Pub for the morning Trivia.
We teamed up with a couple from the UK and a couple from the USA. Having
an international team meant we all could contribute to the answers and were all
very pleased of our score of 16 out of 20. Not good enough to win though, the
winners had 19 out of 20…was that an iPad we saw tucked under their table? J
In the Royal Court theatre there was an interesting
lecture this morning from a retired
Airline Pilot. He flew with the RAF, British Airways, Gulf Air and finally
Singapore Airlines. We like anything to do with aeroplanes so enjoyed his talk
very much. His topics within the airline
industry were interesting as was he, as he added some airline humour to it all which
went down well with everyone. Photos of aircraft both old and new and
interesting footage of passenger and military aircraft were quite
fascinating. He will be doing another
talk tomorrow. The theatre was packed so guess it’s a topic that many are
interested to learn about.
Lunch time seems to come around quickly and we have our
phrase of the day to each other which is “just because it looks nice we don’t
need to eat it”….. Unfortunately, we seem to be forgetting that phrase once we
see food. We didn’t venture near the Pub
for lunch instead enjoyed lunch up in the Lido Restaurant. I’m getting a bit
too used to eating lovely desserts at lunch and dinner. I’m under strict button
and zip watching…. J
Tonight is our second Formal night. The theme is the London Ball with a
suggestion in the daily program of wearing red, white or blue….. I wish they
had told us this earlier as I’ve already worn my blue evening dress… Instead I’ll wear my black dress remembering
the London smog of the early 60’s. J
It’s nice to have delivered daily to our cabin the
Australian newspaper headlines. We see
there has been a lot of rain and more floods, do hope everyone is OK and we
don’t have repeat floods of only a few weeks ago.
Overheard outside the restaurant yesterday…. “Darling I
do wish these people didn’t speak like they do with those nasty accents…. You
would think they would practice to speak like us, wouldn’t you?” I turned around expecting to see Richard and
Hyacinth Bouquet standing behind me. J
NEWSFLASH…. Wandered passed a slot machine on the way
back from the theatre played $6.00 and won US$338.00…. yay…. J J
Cheers…..from somewhere on the Pacific Ocean.
