DAY 18 – 2
Today is an
‘at sea’ day and it’s a perfect day with calm seas. Beginning to warm up a bit,
today’s expected high is 22C. We love
the sea days as it gives us some time to relax especially after the 4 ports of
call in a row.
We are enjoying
our Aft corner cabin with the large balcony with 2 chairs a little table and 2
loungers. Now that we are cruising
toward warmer climates I can see we’ll be spending quite some time out there.
We can see 180 plus degrees of viewing area. Glad we brought our binoculars.
This
morning we passed Menorca a lovely island of the Spanish coast. I read on the
Chart this morning that tomorrow at noon we will be sailing between Sicily and
Malta.
It’s nice
meeting new people at breakfast this morning who boarded the ship in
Barcelona. There appear to be many
different nationalities on this leg of the cruise.
Roys outside
taking photos of two birds that have just landed on the railing to hitch a ride
with us to Alexandria, Egypt. They appear to be Doves. So that’s 3 birds and a
moth we’ve had on the balcony since we left New Orleans. Do we call them ‘boat people too?’…..
lol. J One more to add to the list, a little ladybird just
landed on the deck chair, must have stowed away from Barcelona and been hiding
somewhere. J
This
afternoon we spent lazying out on the balcony.
It feels like it’s warming up by the hour. J The sunsets are going to be
amazing, we missed it tonight as we met for drinks at the Pig and Whistle for
drinks then went to the show.
We really
do love the second sitting dining it’s so leisurely. Tonight we sat down to eat at 8.30pm and got
up from the table at 11.00pm. The time
goes by so quickly eating, chatting enjoying a nice wine and a laugh and a chat
with our Waiters who are excellent.
A lady had
a fall today and has broken her hip. She
will have to be disembarked when we reach Alexandria Egypt in a couple of days
for surgery. An unfortunate thing to happen. Makes us all realise the true
value of good insurance cover when travelling.
Sending love
to our son Chris today as he has wisdom teeth removed. Hope all went well and you can soon celebrate
that they are gone. J We will call you from Alexandria,
meantime we know you’ll have all the love and cuddles you need from Donna,
Lilli and Oscar. Love Mum and Dad xxx
