At sea Day 5 Wednesday - Medical Emergency Again

    After another cold and foggy overcast day we are only a few hours from 

Angry Sea

Halifax. There was some rolling in the night but I never felt any of it. There was quite a swell all day but the ship and the swell were both headed in the same direction which was good. We had slowed and with the stabilizers out the ship was pretty steady.

    We had a nice breakfast conversation with a retired U.S. Government employee who worked in the transportation department. We were able to converse about some things that I remembered from my navy days. We had the 40 minute Zumba exercise class followed quickly by a waltz dance class. Actually we did pretty well at it. I also met a line dance crazy woman (Judy is her name) from Australia and had a good conversation. They use the same Utube resources that are used here.

      Lunch was followed by a good eating lecture. This one was on exercise and how to approach it. Actually for us it seems that we are doing the right thing. It is

Judy At Wine Tassting

in the eating that we are way off base. As part of the elite package we went to the wine tasting that we have been to many times. They serve 5 wines from various parts of the world. That was in the middle of the afternoon so by the time it was over, we were ready to take a brake from the very little activity that we did today. I sat with the line dancer from Australia for awhile talking about dancing in the Sydney area. She was interested in how we did things in Canada. She said she dances up to 5 times a week with a social every weekend somewhere in Sydney and then a big state dance every year. She also dances with one of the Australian choreographers. It was an interesting conversation.

     We gain another hour tonight which is helpful. We are in Halifax tomorrow and will meet friends at 9:30. There was another Effy jewelry sale today call sip and sale. More champagne. That is just what our 2 budding colds needed! Early in the evening the Captain asked for blood donors as they were needed for a critically ill patient. Enough people did come forward. Later during dinner he announced that he had increased speed and would arrive in Halifax 6 hours early to land the patience. Since the berth is occupied, we will be going to anchor in the inner harbour and then move to the berth for or appointed arrival time of 8 am.

We decided to skip the singer and try to get some rest for our colds. Interesting, the last time we were here after crossing the Atlantic we both had colds!