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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