Queens 2 Queens

I was sitting at my computer at work yesterday, staring out the window at the mounds of snow piled up on the ground outside. I was struggling with completing a mandatory web based learning management system course. This was not only problematic...

On Thursday, March 21st, provided that we can negotiate our driveway which currently closely resembles a luge track, we will leave the icy roads and snowy north to head across the world, arriving in Dubai on Friday March 22nd. We will then spend...

Monday March 25th   From QE2 to QM 2   We realized that our cabin was directly underneath the Queens Room, and we were awoken during the night by the noise above us as the staff were rearranging the furniture. No doubt there will be...

Tuesday March 26th   Pirate Preparedness Day   My initial task for the morning was to go to the Pursers’ Desk in order to request a new key card. Somehow mine had become misplaced during the sail away. Now I usually do have to have the...

Wednesday March 27th   Wow the schedule is jam packed again! The first lecture we went to was the best so far. It was by an engineer called John Laverick on “Reliving the Excitement of Travel on Cunard’s First Liner” and it involved footage...

Friday March 29th   At Sea   Is this Brexit day or not?   Brian insists on watching an American news program every night when, after sundowners, we are getting ready for dinner. I dislike this program as it gets stuck on one...

Saturday March 30th   At Sea in the Red Sea   We were awakened in the middle of the night by a text message from our phone company welcoming us to Djibouti and informing us that our current plan does not cover us there. Well I guess we...

Sunday March 31st   Still at Sea in the Red Sea   We stopped moving for a while in the middle of the night. I looked outside but didn’t see anything untoward out there. I could think of 3 reasons for stopping. 1. We needed to off load...

Tuesday April 2nd   Gulf of Suez   We left the Gulf of Aqaba and rounded the tip of the Sinai Peninsular and are heading into the Gulf of Suez.   I felt that I needed a rest after our energetic day yesterday, but it was not to be....