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DAY 66 – March 12th
At Sea No Opera House this morning – just water all around us with no land in sight. With 1000 new passengers the ship has a totally different feel. Was I that bewildered when I first came on board QV in 2008? I think not – maybe it was because I had done my...
DAY 65 – March 11th
Sydney Day 2 It’s not every day that you wake up to the Sydney Opera House outside your window, but it has now been 2 days in a row. I do love cruises! We had an early start, and walked to Darling Harbour. It has been great seeing all the sights around the world,...
Day 64 – March 10th
Sydney Day 1 Yesterday I woke up to an angry sea outside our room; today I woke up to see the Sydney Opera House right outside our window. Now there’s a first for me! We had to go through immigration in Sydney, so with bad memories of going through US immigration,...
DAY 63 – March 9th
At Sea We had quite a bumpy night, it was lovely to lie in bed and be rocked by the waves. When I awoke this morning and looked outside, it looked just like we were in the middle of a winter transatlantic crossing – just my kind of weather. The sea is very rough...
DAY 62 – March 8th
At Sea Despite the Commodore’s warning there doesn’t seem to have been too much movement last night. However, it is still raining, and the Commodore described the swell as “confused”. The ship is pitching and rolling, but sitting here in the Commodore Club it is...
DAY 61 – March 7th
Bay of Islands, New Zealand Well, our rain making skills are not rusty; they were working a charm today. It was pouring when we arrived, and it rained on and off all day. Apparently there has been a bit of a drought here, so the locals were very happy about the...
DAY 60 – March 6th
Auckland The Owl and the Pussy Cat went to sea……………… We docked in Auckland bright and early. It is like docking in Manhattan – you are right downtown. I love it when there are skyscrapers right in front of you. We went ashore as soon as we could to explore the...
DAY 59 – March 5th
Despite the Commodore’s prediction that the good weather was over, today dawned bright and sunny so the major decision of the day was Lido vs. Pavilion Pool. We decided on the Pavilion as it was quite windy and we found a really great sheltered spot there. The...
DAY 58 – March 4th
At Sea The shops had a sale today. We have been rather unimpressed by the merchandise available there this year, especially the lack of attractive Queen Victoria and World Cruise items. However, we did end up making some purchases of course. They were selling QM2...
DAY 57 – March 3rd
The Kingdom of Tonga Now we are officially just the other side of the International Date Line I wanted to get up early to see the sunrise, and to be one of the first people in the whole wide world to see the sun rise today. This was not to be, I overslept. I went...
DAY 56 – March 2nd
Well, we went to sleep on February 28th, and woke up on March 2nd, but it really didn’t feel any different to March 1st. Even my computer thinks it’s March 1st. I bumped into Klaus, the executive chef, in the Commodore Club and he told me that in celebration of St...
DAY 55 – February 28th
At Sea Shrove Tuesday AKA Pancake Day Back to calm seas and lazy days in the sun. There is a bit more movement on the ship, possibly because we are going faster than usual. Anyway, the movement is minimal, but at least it lets you know you are at sea. At the noon...