We are at the start of our series of sea days which will continue until we reach port in Miami on the 15th. [The beatings will continue until morale improves?] Obviously there are a serious number of people on ship who really didn’t get the idea of a lot of sea days in a row,
I have met a dozen or so who sailed over on this ship mid-Nov, spent two weeks in the UK and are now headed home. They understand sea days as they had them on the way over. One of the couples remarked that the change to relax on the way home after extensive touring and changing hotels every night was more than welcome. Others? Don’t really think that a trans-Atlantic cruise is particularly wise for one’s first adventure on a cruise ship. At least not for people who need to be entertained; self sufficiency is a requirement. The passenger make up is heavily weighted toward my age – i.e. those who don’t have a problem with being gone for several weeks at a time. It is also heavily weighted toward solo travelers. I am guessing that it is about 10% of the total.
Meanwhile, most of my day was spent up in the Observation Lounge – as always – stitching and listening to audio books..
