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DAY 4

July 9th, 2018 Very Definitely Still at Sea The Day I Touched the Moon The first thing I did this morning was visit the Voyage Sales office and get the price for the July 2019 QM2 Iceland Crossing. You can do this as a round trip from New York,...

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Jul 11, 2018

DAY 5

July 10th, 2018 Yes, Still all at Sea We still have blue skies, and blue ocean, with a few white horses, but no motion on the ship. To start the morning, John MacLean talked about aliens – “Hello? Is there Anybody Out There?” It turns out that...

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Jul 12, 2018

DAY 6

July 11th, 2018 How Great it is to be at Sea Well the much awaited invitation to dine with the captain on this, the last formal night of the crossing, has not arrived. Thus I have to accept that yet again, I have been left out. The captain did...

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Jul 13, 2018

DAY 7

July 12th, 2018 At Sea Last Sea Day ☹ Yet another smooth night, and calm, sunny day. So much for hurricanes and rough crossings. This one has been exceptionally smooth. Unless you look out of a window, or go out on deck, it is hard to believe...

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Jul 15, 2018

DAY 8

July 13th, 2018 The Journey Home I have slept exceptionally well every other night on this crossing, but tonight I awoke at 2:00 AM, and just couldn’t fall back asleep. I decided to go out on deck and watch our progress to Southampton. It was a...

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Jul 16, 2018

Prologue

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...

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Mar 17, 2019

Itinerary

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...

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Mar 19, 2019

Day 2

Saturday March 23rd   Dubai   It was raining when we woke up!   Apparently it only rains 10 times a year in Dubai, and of course it rained for us. We have not lost our rain making powers.   We spent the morning just enjoying...

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Mar 26, 2019

DAY 3

Sunday March 24th   Exploring Dubai   We decided to spend the day exploring old and new Dubai using the Hop on Hop off bus. The QE2 hotel is lovely, but not convenient, so we had to take a taxi to the nearest bus stop.   One of...

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Mar 26, 2019

DAY 4

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...

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Mar 27, 2019

DAY 5

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...

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Mar 28, 2019

DAY 6

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...

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Mar 29, 2019

DAY 7

Thursday March 28th   Salalah, Oman   Coming face to face with a camel   Having had a series of very hazy days, it was wonderful to wake up to brilliant sunshine in Salalah. We docked at about 7:00 AM, and while we consumed our...

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Mar 29, 2019

DAY 8

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...

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Mar 30, 2019

DAY 9

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...

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Mar 31, 2019

DAY 10

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...

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Apr 1, 2019

DAY 11

Monday April 1st   Aqaba. Jordan   Well I did sleep more than a wink last night. We finally ran into some oh so slightly but sufficiently rough weather that I was gently rocked to sleep by the motion. And didn’t wake up until my phone...

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Apr 2, 2019

DAY 12

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....

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Apr 3, 2019

DAY 13

Wednesday April 3rd In the Suez Canal   We had dropped anchor in the Gulf of Suez over night. At about 4:30 this morning we were ready to join the convoy of ships transiting the Suez Cana.   When I woke up soon after sunrise, we were...

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Apr 4, 2019

DAY 14

April 4th   Limassol, Cyprus   We docked at the new cruise Terminal in Limassol, and were off the ship by just after 8:00 AM. Again, the terminal does not have an elevated walkway, so we had to disembark from deck 1. The terminal...

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Apr 6, 2019

DAY 15

April 5th   At Sea   Well we are certainly in the Mediterranean Sea in spring. We passed through the predicted low-pressure area, and experienced Force 8 winds and heavy seas. Looking outside you could see the angry storm around us,...

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Apr 8, 2019

DAY 16

Saturday April 6th   At Sea   It was another very busy day at sea. I am beginning to think that I need port days to recover from the exhaustion from sea days.   I am having ongoing issues with my craft project, but it was nothing...

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Apr 8, 2019

DAY 17

Sunday April 7th   Civitavecchia   Instead of going in to Rome, we had decided to hire a driver for the day and to go and see Tarquinia which is a short drive from Civitavecchia. We had asked our tablemates David and Mo to join us;...

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Apr 9, 2019

DAY 18

Monday April 8th   At Sea   In the early morning we passed through the Strait of Bonifacio separating Corsica and Sardinia. This has been a great cruise for sailing through straits, and we still have the Strait of Gibraltar to transit....

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Apr 10, 2019