Second day at sea relaxing.
That’s okay though, I’ve spent over 30 years working for the government
so I’m good at looking busy but doing not much at all. Woke early and went up to the gym to do a bit
of a walk. Got there just in time for a
yoga lesson, we declined the offer…no ‘downward dog’ for this little puppy!!! With size of some of the people in the class,
stretching and bending in close proximity to any of them would spell disaster
if the rolling of the ship just happened to cause a balance issue with any of
them!! Nice walking on the machines and
watching the sun come up over the ocean.
Worked up a sweat, had a swim in the pool, which, with the rocking of
the boat was a bit like swimming in the surf, very disconcerting.
We saw a bit of wildlife today (no…not some eighty year old
having an epileptic fit on the dance floor…although that would be pretty
wild!!), some birds - terns and an albatross and Pam saw a tuna feeding near
the surface…must be getting closer to land.
Found out overnight there are about 800 crew mostly Asian
(Philippines, Indonesian, Indian etc) and over 2000 passengers on board - 500
USA, 400 UK, 600 AUS, 200 Canadians, and assorted South American, Austrians,
Germans other Europeans. Wouldn’t even
know there were that many people on board, it seems sometimes we can walk from
one end of the ship to the other and not see anyone.
We attended a
cocktail party this evening for returning members…by special
invitation…unbeknown to us of the 2000 passengers, half are returning passengers,
the cocktail party was a little cramped, although after 3 free glasses of
champagne, everyone was happy!! Pam and
I didn’t make any new friends, seems we hadn’t done over the 20 cruise mark so
we were ignored…phew!!!
Tough day tomorrow, should see landfall about 7am then dock
in Wellington about lunch time and spend the afternoon in town. Goodnight all….I’m enjoying red wine, must go
to bed before I say anything inappropriate?
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| Looking down into the centre of the ship |
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| Stateroom angle 1 |
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| Stateroom angle 2 |
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| Just in case the Captain needs help. I showed him where to go...he told me WHERE to go...we're good friends now we understand each other. I think that might be him asleep in the background...unless it's one of this almost deceased passengers I may have mentioned? |
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| Pam checking out nine holes |
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| The aforementioned millpond |
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| Like a mirror |
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| Sunset on the Tasman Sea |
Glad you're relaxing and enjoying the scenery. No doubt you'll make plenty of new friends very soon. You may just have to mingle a bit more, start yelling and grab a walking stick lol! Great way to relax though by the sounds of things. Have fun!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteThe photos are beautiful, especially the sunset one! Note I am making small comments for the first few. Will become more eloquent the closer I get to the more current blogs!
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