Day 18, 27 July.  Sea day

Sea day for us means a more leisurely get up time. Not for the crew, they have to be there to make the passengers feel pampered & cared about.  This morning we were amazed that we had so many more people on board.  It is only a week long voyage through some fjords.  I suppose it is a floating resort, your stateroom is cleaned, great food from different dining rooms, entertainment & if in port you can part take in different excursions. Ron & I prefer the Lido eatery with many different types of food where you can pick as much & whatever you desire.  Most of all we like Lido because of the big windows & while eating we can enjoy the scenery. We often share table with different people from all over the wold, very enjoyable.

Today, on return to our tidy stateroom, we watched from the balcony the sea roll by, the wind was cold out there. Ron started looking at the very many photos from yesterday & writing up the blog, while the memory is still fresh in the mind.  I read.  Before long it was lunch time, decision making, what will we choose to eat.  After lunch we attended a lecture about Nordic Pioneers, very interesting.  I enjoyed how simple plastic Lego came about, & how it evolved & only the imagination is the limit. No wonder our grandchildren love it.  We wandered around the onboard shops (we find it disappointing).  We thought of having Dutch pancakes (not that we were hungry) just because we were at the Dutch Café, but we were saved, couldn’t find a table.  We returned to our room, the sea still looked the same so we watched a movie.  Dear oh dear it is time for early dinner because we want to go to some entertainment tonight.

It was Captain’s welcome tonight, my goodness some people were dressed to the 9s.  Some long shimmery dresses & dinner jackets & bow ties.  We had to walk through the crowd in casual wear (we haven’t got anything over the top dressy, our luggage only weighs 15 & 16kgs & it has winter & summer clothes crammed in). Ron had a nice chat with the Captain Barhorst (he is very friendly & approachable) before his official duty started, complementing the crew for their skill in Skagen for manoeuvring this big ship out of the very small docking area in such strong 40 knots winds, the Captain said that the tug boat help was appreciated.

After dinner we listened to Rolling Stone rock band, sitting further away from them, they were good, not too loud.  Michelle & Kaycee played duo piano & sang 1960’s & 1970’s music, they were very good.

Apparently someone is living on this ship for 5 years – it certainly beats nursing homes.  Ron & I find this easy existence (where they even tell us what day it is in the elevator) strange, but lapping it up because in one week’s time we will have to depend on our own devices. We will spend 3 days in beautiful Copenhagen, after that two weeks in Iceland. The sea is beautiful & calm, it was light until about 10.30pm.  It has been an easy relaxing day, but a good one.