Noon report is a little later today as we had a bit of trouble with the computer reading my card. All ok now. Our noon position today was about a third of the way across the Atlantic after doing another 500 sea miles and I was thinking what Christopher Columbus would say if he say this thing with 2500 passengers doing nothing but eating and drinking and sleeping all day.
Yesterday was interesting as we went to the art auction. This cruise has about 5 current painters on it so they are selling original works. Yesterday at the champagne auction (Now you see why we go!) they sold about $125,000 of art in 30 minutes - all originals by the same person. The highest bid was $30,000 and with that you got a hug from "Judith" the artists wife. Another $25,000 went in lesser pieces. Having gotten into the Princess art buyers data base (Judy won a free lithograph last year) we got a special invite to view the art in the gallery which of course is open to everybody. So we did go down there before dinner and viewed the art and of course in true fashion (Buck pay attention) we had our free wine and before dinner nibblies! Why buy wine when you get these perks! Anyway we may go view the art again tonight.
Things are a bit calmer overall today and I don't mean the sea. The highest waves have been moderate so it has been a smooth crossing to date. Sun is out and Judy is up near the pool. Yesterday (past 2 days ) I have been a bit off. Not enough to skip the Mexican lunch or dinner but still a bit off. Today the Caribe buffet featured "American BBQ" so we had ribs and shrimp for lunch. I may head for a dog and fries for the afternoon break! Tonight we asked if we could have a side of gnocchi as we missed it yesterday. Of course we can!
Show last night was Motown Review. It was good but not great. However we also saw a magician/comic and he was very good. So they have lots of entertainment on this ship; more than the last one we were on in the fall.
I guess for Mike and Doreen I need to comment on the dance class. No line dancing today but after our 2 mile walk we went to the class and learned the swing. Now that is the dance that is fast and has kicks in it! I will let you fill in the rest of the picture. No one needed medical attention! As far as photos are concerned I need some help with that. You can email them but I am not sure if I can post them here. Thanks to the people who have posted comments. Nice to hear from folks back home!