Well, we won’t bore you with our life at sea these last 4 days. Suffice it to say we’ve slept, ate, drank, worked, played trivia (we think we are doing well) and read our way through 4 sea days. Weather was good the first 2 days – nice sunshine and decent temps if you could avoid the wind. The last 2 days were pretty chilly – that wind was wicked – and then the water has become rougher too – so we’ve been rocking and rolling out here on the open seas. No Mal du Mar yet, knock on wood.
So – the steerage cabin is working out like a dream because of the motion. Except for the fact that it’s noisy down there (we swear the toilet vacuum system is right under our cabin and it has to energize itself every so often – so you hear this huge vacuum sound at odd times of the day and night), being down below is great for the motion – or reduction of said motion!
The two biggest complaints are the noise – and the darn elevators. Geez – we are used to walking everywhere, but even the fitness addicts are not walking up 8 decks to get our coffee or exercise – so we’ve been riding the elevators. Every floor, every day….express is not a notion that has found this ship! We are looking forward to moving to our 8th floor balcony next week – just for the lack of elevator riding!!!
(Ha – that and a lot more!)
Entertainment is the entertainment, although the DJ has a “power hour” in the disco every night before dinner where he focuses on one band/singer and provides a historical overview of their career. The first night we went it was the Eagles. He has a really good history of the band copied for everyone – then he asks questions from the overview. It was fun – won a luggage tag (woo hoo! just what we need!) That’s a fun way to waste some time before dinner. The Elvis background document was as big as a book! Won another luggage tag that night as well. Will watch for the Elton John one next week….
More later from Porta Delgada
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