Friday April 24 2009 - Two weeks left in our trip around the world and after weeks of virtually calm seas, as we head North West in the Eastern Mediterranean, the water is a little rougher this morning. The barf bags have been set out in the hallways, a sure sign of rough weather even though, currently, It’s sunny and clear with a forecast high of 18 degC (65 degF). Our next stop, Istanbul is 400 miles to the North. We slept in ‘til 11.00am this morning, went up to play trivia, then after lunch, spent the afternoon in the casino with varying success, before getting ready for a captains cocktail party at 05.00pm. He went through the usual speech, gave out the awards for long time cruisers, warned about the coming rough weather and said he was looking forward to our arrival in Rome as he was leaving the ship for some time off at home. We arrived late for the party and only had time for one free drink, a disappointing outcome since the quality of a CCP is directly related to the number of free drinks you can drink in the allocated time.
Doreen and Bob
Saturday April 25 2009 - It’s cold today, sunny with a high of 14 degC (57 degF), the rough seas didn’t materialize and it’s still fairly calm. The afternoon’s highlight was an advance birthday party for Maine Bob at 04.30pm, his wife Doreen had arranged everything in what we called ‘smokers corner’ on deck nine. He was shocked when he turned up to find about 40 people waiting for him and even more shocked when we all sang ‘Happy Birthday to You’ followed by ‘When I’m 64’ . Doreen had beer and wine laid on as well as finger foods and the whole thing went off very well, Bob was feeling no pain by the time it broke up around 07.00pm. Istanbul is just over 100 miles to the East over the Sea of Marmara and we’re scheduled to arrive there at 07.00am tomorrow morning.
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