relax...... its nice in a way, but oh so difficult to do. Yesterday we
woke up quite late, but this morning we were both up and showered and
ready for breakfast by 8.30am! Strange.
Yesterday we slothed around the top deck, the lounge one deck below, the
shady deck on level 4, the food and beer courts and the balcony, and
ended the day at the show for the day. It was very very well done, only
an hour, but really good. Yes, I got lots of photos of that too.
There was not much sea life at all yesterday, but today we have seen
about 7 turtles and many dolphins and other fish - both big and long and
thin. The weather is just beautiful, almost too hot - definitely too
hot for us to lay out in. Many people are out on deck in the glaring
sun all day long, and they vary in shades of red -from light pink to a
deep fried brown. One lady was almost white from a very thick layer of
sunscreen all over her - even on her lips and eyelids, over her very
very bronzed body. Her husband lay just out of reach. I am constantly
amazed at how people dress in public. The walking track on the top deck
is filled with serious walkers at times, I guess I really should do that
too - but this is a vacation, so any serious exercising will wait till
we get home again. Maybe we will also get laid up in a snowstorm for a
few days - the weather on the east coast looks horrible, and then we can
delay that a bit longer.
The Christmas music has stopped playing and even though the Christmas
trees still dot the halls everywhere, there is a different feel on board
now. Every time we leave the cabin, someone comes in and straightens it
all up again, we get new ice and they make sure we have a few beers in
the fridge... We are going to have to buy an extra suitcase to bring
home some of the things we have bought - and we still have 4 more stops
along the way and then San Diego!
The food on board is delicious........we change between eating at the
main restaurant and just picking our food from the almost constant
buffet. I really love the big chunks of fruit they have and the milk
and the bread is just beyond fair. There is everything from huge roasts
of any kind all the way to hot dogs.
Tomorrow we will be in Huatulco Mexico. We have a trip by bus up into
the Sierra Madre Mountains and a visit to two of the little towns up
there - it sounds like a wonderful day waiting. We are going to be
ready to see something other than the ship for a change... I have this
feeling that we are going to wish for these "there is nothing to do"
days once we are home again!
Oh wow, what a wonder filled end to the day we had! After typing the
above and seeing as Frank was enjoying the quiet of the cabin and
snoozing, I decided to walk around up on deck again to see what I could
see... Within three minutes of getting up there, we saw some dolphin
come around the bow of the boat, churning up the waters. And then more
and more and more!! There must have been at least a couple of hundred
of them and they were putting on one incredible display - the white
water of their splashes everywhere and those sleek black bodies arcing
through the air! I got a gooood many photos and have just looked at
them and cannot wait to get some printed out - they came out
beautifully! Oh it was lovely..... I stood with Gypsy pointed at them
happily doing her job and looked at them with my real eye.. Everyone
was almost breathless watching them - it was really a beautiful
experience. After wards another turtle plodded on by followed a string
of birds flying in a straight stripe along the waves. Each time they
got to the top of a wave, the sun lit them all up into brilliant white
sparkles as they cruised on to the next wave.
A little while after that I called down to the cabin and asked Frank if
he wanted to meet "the lady of his dreams" on the top deck for a
drink...Well, sheesh, those elevators must have worked at super speed
and we sat happily on the very front of the top deck people watching,
ocean watching and just enjoying. Soon it was time for the sun to set,
so we tootled over to the other side of the ship - yup, the Port
side.... and were given yet another beautiful sunset. The gold sun-road
glittered all the way across the water, to be met by the whitewater from
the bow wave. As they met, the tips of the waves were all painted with
a thin gold line.
Time for dinner and a show - roast, baked potatoes, veggies and
something that was very delicious, very chocolaty and rounded off the
meal very well. Then it was time to head to the Celebrity Theater for a
show of singing, band playing and a comedian again.... oh, and that
crushed ice margarita :)
And the wind and waves have picked up beautifully! We are pitching and
rolling and rocking so much that I think I will give up my lone nightly
walk on the top deck.......but not the quiet minutes on our own balcony,
well maybe that too - its very very windy out there. When we looked out
over the balcony just a few minutes ago, we first took our glasses off -
don't want to lose those now... its lovely, everything is creaking and
groaning, squeaking and the ship gives a huge shudder with almost every
wave she meets up with - love it!
And so today was in a good many ways a perfect ending to two days at
sea... and I know we will both sleep very well with this rocking.......
Love and light
Annie
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