We do love sea days as there is as much, or as little, to do as you want. Firstly, it was time to rest up after our Asian adventure and get up to date with photos and the blog before reaching Alaska.
As we headed out to sea, we soon realised that the temperature was spiralling in a downward direction and the second night found us battling gale forced winds and a very bumpy ride, with the fog horn going most of the night.
Being the 30th day at sea, it made for a Mandatory Drill with all passengers and crew taking place for a couple of hours during the morning – the ship was still rocking, so there were many 'grey' faces at our muster station – us included! The Captain eventually thanked us for co-operating and mentioned that some lucky passengers might find a bottle of Champagne in their cabin on return. Yeh, we were one of the lucky ones, which helped make us feel a little better!!
It took a couple of days to escape the bad weather, and the seas calmed again, although it is still very cold outside, and in many parts of the ship as well. Everyone is well rugged up and hot soup is a favourite….
As we crossed the International Date Line, we actually gained a day and had two Saturdays, 17th June, 2017 which was interesting, and to make life more confusing we lost an hour a day at noon, for five days, which made our mornings short and meal times crazy.
We found some new card buddies and have learnt how to play Sequence, a rapid game that needs lots of concentration!!.... We've also had a CC Lunch, two formal nights - when Captain Foster entertained us with his humour - and a Wine Tasting, as well as lots of good music now with a fabulous new band, 'Indigo' - a lovely Irish singer and Bulgarian musicians – they have the place rocking!!
Photos to follow…...
Alaska awaits and we are excited to experience lots of new adventures.
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