Day 14 at Sea Monday 04 March en-route to Hilo, Hawaii
Wishing a very Happy Birthday to our lovely
daughter-in-law Donna. Sending lots of love and hoping you had a very special
day. J xx
It’s also the birthday of Joe our Trivia team mate today
and we will join them for dinner tonight to celebrate so we’ll all have a toast
to you as well Donna. J
The sky is a little overcast this morning with the sun
peeping out now and again. The temperature
is still pleasantly warm and the seas calm but with a bit of a breeze across
the deck.
The artwork on Queen Elizabeth is really quite nice. They
don’t have those pushy sales pitches like some companies do, but they do have a
nice Gallery to browse through. The
pictures are changed frequently so there’s always something new to view. I
particularly love the old photographs around the ship of people on board
voyages in the past on various ships. There’s even one of Elizabeth Taylor on
board the QE11 with her dog.
The Captain mentioned in his midday report today that he
had received a note from someone on board who is not happy. Their complaint to
the Captain was that there is a continuous rumble and movement in their cabin
which they notice particularly at night.
The Captain reported that the note had no name or cabin number attached
but he wanted to respond so thought he would broadcast his answer. He simply put it that the rumble is the
Engines which he doesn’t really want to turn off as that could delay our
arrival into Hilo and secondly the movement was the ocean and unfortunately
even though he is the Captain of the ship he doesn’t quite have enough status
to control the movement of the ocean…yet……. true story. J
We enjoyed a light lunch in the Britannia Dining room
today, the reason it was only ‘light’ was because we had to save room for the
afternoon tea this afternoon. As soon as Roy heard there were Eccles cakes he
decided he needed to go today. Anyway,
back to the dining room. The menu selection in the Britannia Dining room is
always varied and there is always a large choice on the daily menu. We sat with
two ladies today who have completed more than 300 days in each in total on
board Cunard ships over the years. They do fit in other cruise lines in between
their Cunard cruises they were saying.
We all know there’s nothing like sitting somewhere
enjoying a drink or eating and people watching which we’ve been doing quite a
lot of.
Here is the look a likes on board Queen Elizabeth:
We’ve got John Howard, Fred Flintstone, King George V,
Bob Hawke, Katy Perry, Shrek, Joan Collins and Tinkerbelle, and that’s so far. J I would love to snap a photo of these people
to show you. J
We enjoyed a lovely dinner with Joe and Lynda our Trivia
mates to celebrate Joe’s birthday which included a nice bottle of French
champagne. Even our table Waiters and
Sommelier popped in to say hello to us and wish him a Happy Birthday. After dinner it was off to the Royal Court
Theatre to enjoy the Flautist, a young lady who would have been only in her twenties.
She was excellent, playing modern and classical pieces. She even played Irish
pieces on a Penny whistle. When she’s not playing on a cruise ship she plays
with the Manchester Symphony Orchestra.
We had intended on going up to the Disco for a late
night dance but after all the lovely food and champagne we decided to give it a
miss tonight, there’s always tomorrow.
