To my surprise, I didn’t wake up until 6:00 which considering the clocks going back 1 ½ hours wasn’t at all what I expected.
BTW, a quick stat that I forgot to mention from last night which the captain had revealed, there are just short of 3000 passengers onboard of which just over 2000 are Australian.
Back to today, it was our usual morning drill with coffee and then breakfast in Horizon Court (buffet) before making our way back to the cabin but not before collecting another coffee en route. We did stop momentarily to watch the deck crew trying to secure the netting over one of the pools which wasn’t the easiest thing to do with the water sloshing around as it was but they eventually managed it.
The forecast for today wasn’t great and the ship was doing plenty of rocking and rolling throughout the day. In the morning we found a spot outside that was central, out of the wind and under cover from the odd shower. There weren’t many of us braving the elements at that point and who can blame the others for wanting to stay in the warm. Lunch was in the MDR where we were treated to another Valentin pasta dish which today was Spaghetti Aglio e Olio which was absolutely amazing, so good my gluttony kicked into overdrive and I had two portions. I shouldn’t have but I did and Valentin even came over and had a photo taken with me because it was the first time that anyone had ever had seconds. To help digestion we took a walk around the prom deck for a while, the front section was closed off so we did several ‘U’ and marvelled at sea conditions and the size of some of the waves.
It was really exhilarating being so close to some of the giant waves that we were sailing through and crashing against the side of the ship. The photos just don’t do it justice.
After, we made our way up to deck 15 and enjoyed sitting outside where there was some unbroken sunshine thus raising the temperature.
All the fresh air made us feel really tired so at 5:00 pm we went back to the cabin for a quick nap and shower before going to dinner.
Tomorrow we are in Albany and have a 4 hour tour booked
Fitbit Steps 9,185
Your Fitbit total made me laugh. Just discovered you were doing that. Have you been doing that for a while? And don’t get washed overboard with those high seas.