Saturday, February 14, 2009

Sea day after Rarotonga

First of four days at sea on our way to New Zealand, Auckland is currently 1000 miles south west of us and we’re doing about 18 knots. Hot and sunny with a high of 30 degrees, we lay in the sun for a while and took our first dip in the pool, the water was positively warm, the pool is quite small about 20 feet by 12 feet, I’d guess. Dinner was excellent as usual, though my crispy skin chicken had limp skin, but we all have our cross to bear.

Matt, our waiter, is excellent at his job and his assistant, Uluo, is also very efficient, they’re both from Thailand and both are looking forward to going home when their contracts finish in August (they’re pictured left, Matt, Uluo and table captain, Andrea). Tonight we met Lorraine Arzt in the casino, she is quite a character. She lives permanently on board the ship and as godmother of the ship, she has her picture at the entry to the main dining lounge and receives the royal treatment wherever she goes. Her parents were both from Glasgow and she lived in Pollokshields, Glasgow, for 4 years on Herriot Road, at the time her parents had a sweety shop on Eglinton Street, so we had lots to talk about.
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  • 3 comments:

    Anonymous said...

    Hey guys, just wanted to wish you both a happy valentines day! What did you get me?

    Scott

    Anonymous said...

    Happy Valentine's Day

    Just got my computer back this afternoon ( it almost had to be rebuilt but it was cheaper then buying a new one, and it is working absolutey great now) So catching up on your trip. I have a challenge for you. You have 4 days left at sea and you are going to be soooooo bored :-) so I would like you to find the Mr and Mrs Swanson that were late getting back to the ship and find out if they are nicer then we are and their age and hobbies etc. They shouldn't be hard to find. That should give you something to do and keep you busy for a bit. Have a nice glass of wine with them.
    Bye for now Lorraine

    Anonymous said...

    Hi
    Hope you have been enjoying every minute of this trip so far.
    Just checked the bridge cam of your ship and it seems to be stuck on Feb 13th for some reason. Hopefully it will start working again soon
    Love you
    Lorraine