Day 12 at sea en-route to Hilo, Hawaii
The seas continue to be smooth and the sun hot when we
opened the balcony door this morning. I
think we’re going from being relaxed to being a little lazy as we had breakfast
brought to our cabin once again but it’s so nice to sit out on the balcony
overlooking the ocean eating breakfast.
We found ourselves playing bowls of all things this
morning. We were on a walk around the
ship up on the sports deck forward on deck 10.
There’s tennis, golf, table tennis, quoits, shuffleboard, croquet and
bowls. Mrs Bouquet called out ‘I say….would you fancy a game with us’? So we
did. Actually she’s very nice but just
so much like Hyacinth, and her husband didn’t say a thing….lol. She’s been playing bowls since 1989….. Roy
and I won. I wonder if she’ll invite us
to play next time she sees us.
Now it’s time for Queen Elizabeth sights:
The lady that wears two sun hats, one on top of the
other. Roy thinks maybe she’s prepared just in case one blows off out on deck. J
Then there’s the lady that wears a different wig at
dinner, she can be blonde, brunette, silver or dark brown, and all wigs have
more hair on them than three people put together would have on their head. Then the occasions she doesn’t wear a wig
nobody recognises her and her own hair is actually quite nice.
Then there’s the lady who has had such a facelift that
you feel like going up to her and stroking her head to see if she starts
purring. J
In the male department there’s been nothing outstanding
except for several men who love to sit at the lunch table, which is a free
sitting situation, and talk and talk about themselves and their achievements
and the other 5 of us at the table just have to sit and yawn. Then when they
get up to leave after lunch say..’ bye folks, it was great hearing where ya’ll
from’….huh.
Oh and then there’s the couple who love to dance and
dance and dance. Even during the day
they can be seen practising around the Queens room. The trouble is she’s got two left feet that
are size 10, so has he but his feet are size 12. Even the professional dancers
have been giving them lessons and they still can’t pick it up. Must say at
least they’re enjoying themselves and do have a laugh at themselves.
I’ve taken up Pimms again. J It’s been I don’t know how
long since I enjoyed a refreshing Pimms. They serve it in a tall glass with ice
and orange wedges and are delicious and are very popular. This ship has a
wonderful selection of drinks and cocktails. Actually one of the Trivia questions
this morning was ‘what is the base of a Pimms’… answer… Gin. Our team got it
wrong, we thought it was Vodka. I
haven’t mentioned our scores in the Trivia to you of late…. Now you know
why…lol. Our team mates from New York and us have a laugh at our scores each
day now. He’s retired from the NYPD and
has a great sense of humour and we spend more time having a laugh than getting
the question correct.
As I type this Roy is doing the Laundry. Strange but it appears on ships it’s the men’s
job to do the laundry as very seldom do you see women in there. The trouble is
the men don’t come back with all the gossip like the women do in that
situation….lol. I should take a photo;
you’ll see two men standing talking whilst waiting for their washing to finish
and one talking whilst ironing…. Quite an amusing site. I might have mentioned previously but I do
like the self-service Laundry on this ship, it works well and is very
convenient.
Our Maître‘d looked after us well today by giving us a
lovely table for two by the window at lunch time. It's nice not sitting down at
a table for six looking at each other wondering if the man that just sat down
is going to tell us his life story. Must
say there’s only a handful like that.
Now, back to what I was saying…lol.
We’re on rations now and only had a bowl of soup, they make delicious
soups on here, and a dessert of Banana bread pudding with custard and a scoop
of delicious ice-cream that is made on board. We did that today as we’re hoping
to get down to the Afternoon Tea at 3.30 this afternoon. We keep missing it
because we’ve always been too full from lunch to even contemplate afternoon
tea.
Formal night again tonight and I must say people do
dress beautifully on board, that includes the men, some have matching coloured
waistcoats and bowties, and others even wear cummerbunds. Those that prefer not
to dress formally can dress more casually and dine at the Buffet instead of the
main dining room on Formal nights. The dress code is strict in the dining room
every night which we think is a good thing.
An update on our bird that was following us, he hasn’t
been seen since we sailed from Papeete so we think he’s decided to stay in
there as a refugee and has enrolled in French lessons. J
