When we booked this trip, my main concern about the itinerary was this stretch of five days at sea and what would happen with Mike. Would he be completely bored after one day? I know I can read for days on end and be happy, but Mike likes to go and do and see. Well I needn’t have worried—we have found many things to keep us busy, and I am in fact wondering if one of these days soon I should just not look at the daily schedule so I can get in some solid reading time. I’ve only made it through one book so far!
They really do provide a great variety of things to do. One of my favorites is the series of lectures that they offer. I haven’t made them all by any means, but have made a point of catching the entire astronomy series, which has been very good. Tomorrow the lecturer leads our first star gazing, so we’re hoping it’s clear out. There is also a lecture on sea navigation tomorrow which I plan to see, but I understand they will not let us steer the ship afterwards. Darn!
Tonight we caught the Movie under the Stars, which they show on the top deck on a big screen. The audience sits in the deck chairs and they provide blankets and cookies. We watched “Midnight in Paris” and enjoyed it very much. We also had a very nice sunset just as the movie started.
-T
Never thought I would want to take a cruise, but you are making a cruise across the Atlantic sounding very very kewl. M
Maybe I need to go on a cruise. I’ve been trying to read the same book for the past two years. “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” Read it way back in high school I’ve carried it with me on all the trips back and forth between Omaha and here. It’s been so long since I looked at it I had to start from the beginning again.