At Sea North Of Scotland

    Things seem to be back to normal today. There are still a few services that are not back on line but the internet and TV are now working fine. The Medallion system is now being used on this ship. It means faster internet and that is great for us. The information in the guide book did not mention what happens when you are elite.

    The captain has been on the PA system a number of times trying to keep the ship informed. The information is timely and complete and if anyone doesn't know what is happening, it is their own fault. Missing the tidal window and the 50 knots wind have added time to our passage. We just turned south towards the next port over the top of Scotland. Unfortunately the delay yesterday because of the computer problem led to the missed high tide added about 5 hours to our arrival time. So now we don't get to our next port until 11 am tomorrow. Our tour has been canceled and having already been to Greenoch 3 times so we could not find anything that we wanted to do. Since we will only be there for 6 hours, we decided to just walk around, something that should take about 30 minutes! Perhaps it will be pub time!

Formal Night

    We had to report to British immigration at 7:30 this morning. It was quick – look at the passport, stamp and go. Not like Japan at all! Breakfast with a couple from Texas followed and then the wait for the zumba class. Even I found it pretty mundane. We have experienced much better routines on other ships. We did attend the meet and greet Cruise Critics gathering where we sat and talked to people from Virginia. There wasn't any formal programme. That was followed by a port lecture on Scotland and Ireland. Afterwards I asked about 2 specific things in Dublin and he did not know what I was talking about. We hug around for the line dancing (hey NO electric slide! Yea) and then it was time to get ready for formal night tonight. Judy also found time to buy an evening purse an I ordered 2 bottles to take off the ship. We again met our Hamilton friends for cocktails in the elite lounge.

    It was the traditional champagne waterfall night but the rocking of the ship had

Happy Birthday Judy (1 Day Late)

little effect. The Captain gave his talk and again apologized for what has happened in terms of the schedule. He really likes to talk. He mentioned that there are over 300 Canadians onboard and about 2100 plus from the U.S.A. Not too many people seemed to be upset about it the problems that have occurred. The line up at the tour desk was long when we decided no to try to book something else. Dinner was good as usual and the waiters did sing the Happy Birthday song for Judy. After 2 champagnes , wine and some Baileys (not like Judy at all), we were ready for the production show called Bravo with the diva singing the lead. We saw this production last year and it is still one of the best shows we have seen on Princess.

    Finally we turn back the clocks an hour tonight. Tomorrow should be an easy day. Late arrival and a wandering of less than 1 horse town are in store!