Janet's Diary continued

Wednesday 3rd September
Grey skies - I wore my fleece all day.  We played shuffleboard again this morning - Dave got through to the second round today, more by luck than skill.  We are beginning to spot the serious competitors now... I think Dave may blog on this subject!

We did 4 laps of the prom deck after shuffleboard. It was slightly easier today as the lack of sun had kept most saunterers indoors.

Coming back to our cabin our neighbours were just leaving theirs.  Two older ladies.  We said hello and they said they hoped they were good neighbours.  I of course assured them that they were - only adding, once they were out of earshot, "apart from banging the drawers shut and talking loudly constantly".  Fortunately, they are older than us, and are on first sitting, so their noise isn't disturbing us really.  We hear them getting ready late in the afternoon, but I suspect they're pushing up the zzzzzzz's by 10pm.

Our cabin steward is called Urbano and is from Goa, where he has a wife and two small children. Captain Angelo Vago is in charge of the ship.  His noon broadcasts have been informative, but slightly tricky to understand due to his strong Italian accent.  Yes, Italian.  Let's not go there!

The afternoon was pretty much the same as yesterday afternoon, apart from the missing sun.  I went to Art Class where we painted a hibiscus flower.  Dave sat on the balcony and read his kindle.  He wished he'd brought a woolly hat with him.  I wish I'd brought a jumper!  The air conditioning on board is very fierce.

The first formal evening of this cruise was preceded by the Captain's Welcome Aboard Party, which we usually don't bother going to.  We decided to go tonight in the hope that some passenger statistics might be mentioned.  I've never heard so many mentions of World Cruises as I have in the last few days.  It seems as if everyone apart from us has been around the world!  Unfortunately no such information was disclosed, but we sat with Jim and Jackie from our table and I did manage to down two 'free' G&Ts in the half hour that we were there.

Tom o'Connor was headlining tonight's show, and despite whispers throughout the theatre about how old he was looking, he did a good job.  Back to the cabin and fell asleep almost immediately - it's been another pretty perfect day.

Xx
Janet