THE CRUISE - all at sea...

Day Five - Wednesday, 22nd June

Today is to be a full day of cruising, and we are to get to Reykjavik tomorrow morning about 6.00am. We have also got our first taste of swell in the ocean. Not enough to be unpleasant, but it gets a little hard to sleep when you are rolling around and the ship gets the shakes.

Today was catch up day with Lee writing in her journal, and me drafting the posts for this blog. I have said before that I much prefer doing them direct, but the expense of the internet plans they have on board and the small amount of megabyte usage you get makes it very expensive. So I draft stuff into Word and will transfer it when I get better access.

We did the Name that Tune quiz again and word has spread around the ship and you have to get there early to secure a seat. By the time they started today, there was standing room only. I later suggested to the girl running it that they need a bigger venue, but that didn't happen in subsequent quizzes. We id reasonably well again, but this time had a bit of help from nearby passengers.

Tonight is another 'straight jacket' night, e.g. "smart jacket required for men". The women get it much easier, as all they have to do is have slacks and a top or a dress.

However there was a plus, as because we couldn't go to our designated restaurant, we tried another one called The Trattoria, which is obviously Italian themed. There is no booking of tables, so you have to get there pretty early, and we did. This was very pleasant, and the food is a lot more up the scale than the buffet.

It also wasn't included in the dress code, so no problem there. We wouldn't want to upset anyone by failing "to maintain the ambience of the evening"  What a load of crap!

This was also a good choice, because the theme down in the buffet tonight was English Traditional, and we've certainly had enough of that over the past two months.

Really nice dinner. I had minestrone , and then a tuna steak, and Lee had a really nice mushroom dish, and then a tart with chicken and mushrooms. Finished with tiramisu. Yum!