Day at Sea

Day 6 At Sea Sunny 22C

A day to relax before four ports in a row! Morning by the pool which is nice and empty as it has been all cruise as it is pretty cool. I am in the pool when the Deputy Captain passes and I mention how cool the pool is: mistake. Soon after I feel warm water coming into the pool and this afternoon the pool is full of people. Warm enough for the pool roof to be opened mid morning.

Light lunch but IG gives in and has a couple of chocolate puds and regrets it almost at once! Back to cabin for siesta then walk around the ship. Do 5 laps of the prom. (3 laps to the mile) and time a fast lap at 5mins 7 seconds, that's IG's time as we raced each other in opposite directions, IB lost by 2 seconds!

 

IG on the nice wide and wooden decked promenade

We love to just watch the wake of the ship from aft on the prom deck

Black and White formal dinner tonight so a chance for IB to show off his 'new' white dinner jacket found in a Winchester charity shop for £10: does he look like a waiter, Steve?

Then second show for the Arcadia Headliners Theatre Company called 'Blame it on the Boogie'. Just before the show started the Captain interrupted our chattering to tell us we were diverting to just off Valencia for a boat transfer which we watched from our cabin as a passenger needed treatment urgently at hospital. Although not a nice reason it was nice to see Valencia at twilight. We have now heard that said passenger is recovering well.

Then just as the show was starting all the lights came back up in the theatre: this time a lighting problem which took a good few minutes to resolve while the cruise director tried to keep us amused! Sorry to report that show was a little underwhelming. Content was fine but the singers are just not as slick and professional as we have come to accept. They are a new company but we wonder if they will ever make it.