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DAY 34

April 13th Mahe, Seychelles When I woke up this morning we were sailing past the smaller islands in the Seychelles. It looked like a beautiful sunny day, and I was soon up and ready to go. Soon after the ship docked we met up with Dan and Irene...

Apr 14, 2018

DAY 35

April 14th At Sea I do need sea days to recuperate from shore days. This one turned out to be fairly typical with us spending the morning in the Commodore Club watching us sail through the passing rainsqualls and attending lectures. I had been...

Apr 15, 2018

DAY 36

April 15th At Sea It was a dark and stormy day. When I awoke this morning we were finally experiencing some pitching and rolling. Nothing too major, but at least we know we are on the ocean and not on a river cruise. It really had been feeling...

Apr 17, 2018

DAY 37

April 16th Port Louis, Mauritius When I went to get my usual breakfast of toast and Marmite, horrors, there was no Marmite! The waiter told me that he thought they had run out of Marmite, but there was plenty of Vegemite instead. I gave him a...

Apr 19, 2018

DAY 38

April 17th Reunion VOLCANOES!!!!!! This was they day I had been waiting for. Karen had organized for Stan, Brian and I to do a tour of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Reunion with Evarun Excursions. I am a HUGE volcano fan, so I had been...

Apr 20, 2018

DAY 39

April 18th At Sea We needed a sea day after back to back ports. Although there was quite a heavy swell, it was not too windy on deck, and we spent the day at the Lido pool, swimming, reading, and snoozing in the sun. We decided not to go to any...

Apr 20, 2018

DAY 40

April 19th At Sea I waited all day for the invitation to arrive requesting our presence at a hosted table for tomorrow night’s final formal evening of our voyage. The invitation never arrived. It was our last chance. Well maybe it will happen on...

Apr 22, 2018

DAY 41

April 20th At Sea There was no other way of looking at it. We had to do laundry again as I was out of clean clothes. With 1200 passengers disembarking in Cape Town I was worried that it would be very crowded in the launderette with everyone...

Apr 22, 2018

DAY 42

April 21st Port Elizabeth, South Africa Happy Birthday to her Majesty! As we disembarked there was a small group singing and dancing on the quayside. It felt great to be back in South Africa. There was no cruise terminal, and we walked down the...

Apr 26, 2018

DAY 43

April 22nd At Sea Packing Day ☹ Well this day comes to everyone eventually, except I suppose if you actually live on the ship full time. Although there are people who have been on board since before Christmas, I don’t think there are any...

Apr 27, 2018

DAY 44

April 23rd Cape Town The Day they Made us Leave the Ship……. I awoke at 5:00AM to watch us sail in to the harbor. I have sailed into Cape Town many times as a child, but always only woke up when it was time to go ashore. This time I was...

Apr 27, 2018

Epilogue

Well, Brian and I survived the long journey home, and so did our luggage. There it all was on the carousel – usually at least one bag goes astray, but not this time. Good news! On a recent trip to Mexico my bag finally arrived a week later,...

Apr 29, 2018

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jul 16, 2018

DAY 31

Sunday April 21st Happy Easter! Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth! Goodbye Queen Mary 2 Previously on arrival in New York we have got up early, and rushed to the upper decks to watch us sail under the Verrazano Narrows...

Apr 22, 2019

DAY 9

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 At Sea We are getting ourselves on to Sri Lankan time, and were supposed to move our watches forward one half hour last night. I was able to get my mobile phone to change time, but my Fitbit failed to...

Feb 6, 2020

DAY 12

Friday, February 7th, 2020 At Sea Laundry Day Yes, it was time to hit the launderette. Thanks to Ruth placing my washing in the washing machine soon after the launderette opened, everything went very smoothly. But, yay, I do...

Feb 9, 2020

DAY 13

Saturday, February 8th, 2020 At Sea In Trouble on the Sea Coronavirus. One could have thought that with all of the world’s concerns about Coronavirus there would be more talk about the virus on the ship. After all,...

Feb 9, 2020

DAY 14

Sunday, February 9th At Sea Heading to Australia With the money I had saved not going on the tours I decided to treat myself to a pedicure, especially as there was a 20% in port discount today, and they were going to honor...

Feb 10, 2020

DAY 15

Monday, February 10th, 2020 At Sea We were due to have passengers disembark in Singapore and Hong Kong. This is currently not an option, and so these passengers now either have the choice of disembarking in Port Kelang or in...

Feb 11, 2020

DAY 16

Tuesday, February 11th Port Kelang The Daily Programme says “At sea en route to Fremantle, Australia”. So why is the cruise port of Port Kelang right there outside our balcony, and what on earth is the Seabourn Ovation doing next...

Feb 12, 2020