A more southern route

I usually ignore most “information” meetings on ship. If anything is said that is important – it will show up in my cabin in writing. Otherwise, it is just rumors. I had figured out, from looking at the map charting our progress that we were significantly south of the original planned route. If this meant smoother seas – I think it is absolutely great. While it would have been wonderful to stop at Horta (a new to me port), safety and smooth sailing are much more important considerations.

The seas have grown smoother day by day and I am no longer seeing bursts of spray up as high as my rather large porthole. Is it still called a porthole when 2 meters wide and 1.4 meters high? Inquiring minds and all of that. Anyway – looking out from my cabin on Deck 4, I am not used to seeing significant spray this high.

In fact there is enough improvement that the Star Grill on Deck 8 was open for dinner night before last and again for lunch today. Last night was the “official evening BBQ” which I most graciously skipped in favor of room service.

Anyway, because of the route change, we will be stopping in the Canaries – at Lanzarote as a matter of fact. On Tuesday. (the original Azores stop would have been Monday.)  George & I wandered around Arricife last fall. Specifically, we didn’t go up to volcanos. take camel rides, or tour the country side with fellow passengers. I did a bit of that last decade (grin) when I first had a port call here. Sitting with some fellow passengers at lunch, my contribution to the discussion revolved about gracefully bowing out of a shared taxi or van in favor of heading into one of the large markets and buying chocolate bars…

I have been having a lovely time chatting with other fellow passengers – including a couple from Mainz, Beth from Tennessee (yes, I guessed her location even before she gave me the information), and a few more stitchers and knitters.

Not much else to report – the internet remains glacial and uploading photos is potentially  possible only at night (and since I am facing another time zone change, perhaps I shall try early in the morning.)