Diary - sea days

19th September

No idea what day it is...

But it's a heavenly sea day - still warm and sunny, though our cabin is now on the North side of the ship and will be so until we reach the Atlantic in a couple of days time.  So we get no sun on the balcony - perfect for me!  Whilst I went to my art class this afternoon, Dave found a chair on the sundeck and grabbed a few rays whilst doing a bit of whale watching. (Passengers, not marine life).

Last night's entertainer was a juggler.  Oh dear.  He was talented, but once you've seen one trick, you've more or less seen them all.  The theatre was not even a quarter full, and I think the audience for his second show later this week will be even sparser.

Our routine for the next three days will be more or less the same as today - breakfast, shuffleboard at 10:15, lecturer about history of cinema at 11:15, lunch, art class at 2:15, afternoon tea, read on the balcony, cocktail or martini or the day in the pub, dinner, and The Entertainment of The Day.  Tonight we saw the Headliners Do Abba, a very energetic and mostly excellent performance.

Saturday, 20th September

We woke to discover our balcony window was covered in condensation - on the outside. When we stepped outside our glasses steamed up!  It's SO humid out there, I daren't sit outside for long or I'll end up with total frizz.  There's heavy cloud cover, and it's hard to see where the sky ends and the sea begins.  Weird weather.  Still, we had a walk round the top deck after breakfast and there are many people lying there in their Speedos and bikinis.

We've just come back from listening to a lecture about the film Singing in the Rain.  It was really good and makes me want to watch the movie again, preferably on a large screen.  Lunch beckons... Then my art class, and tonight we have a pre-dinner cocktail party for members of P&O's loyalty club.  Membership is awarded after your first cruise with P&O, so I'm confident that everyone on board will have had an invitation.  We've certainly not come across any first time cruisers.  Tonight's entertainment is yet another female singer (described as a personality vocalist), so yet more songs from the shows.  We won't be attending.  I've been down to the shop to suss out what sweets they sell.  TV and Maltesers for us tonight...

Xx
Janet