Day 13 at Sea Sunday 03 March 2013 en-route to Hilo,
Hawaii
We have smooth seas again, high temperatures, perfect
day to enjoy a sea day. Yesterday the temperature reached 31C. We are
maintaining a speed of 21 knots and this evening at 5.30pm we will be crossing
the Equator. We sailed north of Kiribati then passing quite a few islands I’ve
never heard of like the Malden Islands and Kirmati Atoll. *Newsflash* as I type this we have just
crossed the Equator and the ships log which we can view on TV is showing the
ships position at Latitude 0.00.00s…. and we didn’t even feel the bump…lol. We
are now sailing in the Northern Hemisphere.
Well we learnt something today at Trivia….. question….. Who
wrote the book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? do you know the answer without looking
it up on Google? We had no idea this
person had written this book and were surprised at the answer. I’ll tell you tomorrow but I bet you won’t
wait until I give you the answer to find out….lol. Needless to say we didn’t do
well at all today; they expected us to be Authors, Scientists and Astrologists
today, not our forte for us four. J
Tonight’s after dinner Trivia is ‘Name that TV theme tune’ so we’re hoping
we’ll do better tonight. Then it’s off to tonight’s show which so far have all been excellent,
tonight it’s Valerie Peri who is a Broadway performer from many popular shows.
Enjoyed a light lunch at the Golden Lion Pub today and
finally made it to the traditional Cunard afternoon tea in the Queens
Room. Roy didn’t join me for afternoon
tea as he was too busy wallowing around in the swimming pool keeping cool. Yes it is quite refreshing as it is filled
with fresh sea water which is changed daily. My afternoon tea was lovely with
white gloved waiters bringing me cucumber sandwiches, ham sandwiches, Eccles
cakes, Carrot cake and various other delights. There was also of course fresh
scones with strawberry jam and cream with fresh coffee or English Tea and all
accompanied by gentle music from a young lady who played the Harp beautifully.
I won some Bingo cards the other day so went off to play
that as well this afternoon. I won US$20, it would have been more but had to
share it with two others who called the same number as me for just one
line. If I had won the full house I
would have won US$1000.00, and that would have been handy.
More Queen Elizabeth sights:
When we boarded in Auckland we had to attend the ships
Emergency Drill which involves going to our Muster Station complete with our
lifejackets in hand. Our Muster station was in the Royal Court Theatre. The
Muster was only for those who boarded in Auckland. There were 360 of us gathered in the Royal
Court Theatre when in walks a lady wearing only her white waffle weave bathrobe
complete with white slippers as provided in all our staterooms on Queen
Elizabeth, and not carrying her lifejacket. This caused a bit of a giggle in
the theatre to which she seemed oblivious and she sat down in all seriousness
listening to the Emergency Drill instructions which was being conducted by the
Captain. We’re sure the Captain noticed but he was very diplomatic. J Haven’t seen her since, or
maybe it’s just that we don’t recognise her with clothes on…lol.
Oh and then there’s the man whose wife has just given
his hair a bit of a trim whilst on board…. Oh my goodness it looks like he’s
been attacked by a bird who was desperate to find something to build his nest with
whilst flying by…J
There is a very good hairdresser on board, if I was him I’d use them next time…
Believe me these are only a handful of the 1900 plus
guests on board. We’ve found everyone very friendly and pleasant and everyone
chats to everyone. We’ve met some very
interesting people from all walks of life so far.
Do hope you’re not getting bored reading this without
having photos to accompany my gabble. I’ll put more photos up once we’re in
Hilo, promise, but it’s too slow and expensive from on board. Those with more
loyalty to Cunard than us do have free internet time, we’ll have to wait for
our next cruise on Cunard to get that.
