Day 2 - At Sea

Day 2 - Saturday 11th January 2014 - At Sea

Day 2 – Saturday 11^th January 2014 – At Sea

 Day 2 - Saturday 11th January 2014 - At Sea

Awake at 08.30 after a good night sleep in a very comfortable bed.  It is a sunny day with a slight sea swell from the North West and a slight breeze.  Informed at 08.00 we had passed the Bishop’s Rock light house on the Scilly Isles and now into the Western approaches doing 19 knots.

Stateroom (4120)

A visit to the gym at the forward end of Deck 9 with its many fitness machines to hopefully keep the weight down to reasonable levels.  The area covers the full width of the ship with panoramic views over the ocean, as you pedal your bicycle or straddle a rowing machine and may imagine you are rowing across the Atlantic.

Also on deck 9 is the Lido, a 24 hour eating emporium, trying to impress, I only had a light breakfast.  The fitness instructors hold seminars during the day and at 11.00, I went along to one about Detox which was alright, as I learnt about all the things, I have been doing wrong.

At 12.15 down to the Queen’s Room Ballroom situated on Deck 2 for my first dance lesson, the slow waltz.  These two skinny instructors, Darya and Eugene from the Ukraine were very good looking after a packed dance floor of nervous beginners.  We all managed to get through it.

At 13.00 back up to the Lido for a very light lunch.  On this same Deck there is the Garden Lounge in which for a couple of hours in the morning and afternoon an area is cordoned off for us worldwide cruisers to relax and have our own tea/coffee and selection of hors d’oeuvres. We also have our own hostess Rachael to look after our every needs.

Stateroom (4120)

This is all getting too much, so its time for the afternoon nap.  Early evening is spent getting polished, as it is our first formal night with the Cunard Ball.  We all looked splendid in our penguin suits and the ladies in their gowns.  For appetisers, we went to the pub, the Golden Lion on Deck 2, for gin and tonics before dining in the Britannia Restaurant on crab spring rolls/beef/apple pie which were superb.  Our French couple have moved on to be with their country folk, as I do not think they wanted to go home an English Geordie accent.

At 22.30 into the theatre to watch and listen to a young American fork/country singer, Zac Winningham, playing 60’s/70’s music and for someone who has just been playing guitar and a ukulele for 10 years, he was great.

Where to next after the show, the Cunard Ball was still going in the ballroom but we decided on what we know and back up to the Yacht Club to finish us off.  The weather had been steadily declining and for everyone’s safety they had decided to close access to Deck 3, the only one where you can actually walk all the way round the ship.  If you do 3 laps of the deck, you will have covered 0.9 mile.  I will leave that for another day when the sun is shining.