At Sea Day 3 of 7

    The seas were absolutely flat and very blue this morning when we went to breakfast. There were no waves at all. The swells were rather low. By the afternoon the seas were back too a moderate height although there is very little ship motion. We are still steaming along at around 18 knots. So far we have sailed about 3300 miles from Houston. It was cloudy all day with a heavy shower this morning. The rest of the day remained cloudy. The air temperature is getting noticeably cooler but still pleasant (60F). So day 3 at sea was much like all the sea days on this ship. Currently we are in the middle of the Atlantic about even with Halifax or the southern tip of the Grand Banks.

    After a light breakfast we were ready for the 9:30 Zumba. Theo the instructor reminds us that Zumba is like eating on a cruise ship – it needs to be continuous. It was a good work out. After that it was lecture time. Both lectures were back to back. Elegant cars (early on) was the topic. Tomorrow it will be muscle cars. The science lecture was on the difference between Nerds and Geeks! He has a collection of 150 t-shirts with some type of “science” on them. He called himself a geek. Apparently if you collect things you are a geek! It was a humorous break from the science although he has little jokes that makes the presentations interesting.

    We decided to eat in the dining room as we had a bit of time before afternoon Zumba and the line dance class. We skipped the Samba dance class and the art auction. The second workout last 45 minutes and we as harder one than this morning. This instructor did “Proud Mary” again and all we could think about is the dances in Highland Lakes where they play that song all the time. Line dance followed. She did one dance that I had on my list of starter dances for Highland Lakes but never did. After that it was time to rest before heading off to early snacks and then rushing to the theatre to catch the early show although there was a late show.

Our Passageway!

    This afternoon the captain announced that at 10 tonight there was going to be a medivac by helicopter sent out from the Azores. This is the second cruise in a row that we have had this done. It must have something to do with the age of the cruisers who take these re positioning cruises (Oh no that's us!) There was an ambulance on the dock in Lauderdale and another in Bermuda when we arrived there. As the day went on more announcements. The time changed to 10 tomorrow. An announcement just a few minutes ago placed the transfer at 6 in the morning. In any case it seems that it will be in the dark. Fortunately we are not in a cabin that must evacuated during the transfer. All this with a time advance tonight!

     The show tonight was a master of illusion (the old magic tricks presentation). We have seen the same tricks before but they always leaved you wondering how it was done. The show was packed and the line up for the next show was long. Dinner was chateau briand! After dinner we sat in on the “Queen Music” trivia although it was mostly over by the time we arrived.