Headed East: 10 March 2023

 We are sailing out into the Atlantic. So far smooth sailing with just a bit of a roll. With the long day and the time change of course it was late before we even though of waking up. The schedule had very few things to do. For some reason no zumba today which was a good thing. We did not even have much time for breakfast. Just a fast coffee before the first enrichment lecture. The lecture was on the real pirates of the Caribbean. Maybe he was left over from the last cruise. It was interesting enough. There was very little to do after that. The Medallion apt is suppose to work on the phone but no deal. First they needed to download something and then reconnect. The internet has not worked all day. The problem as explained is that the ship is switching over to a European satellite. SURE as Judy likes to say.

After lunch at the “small” buffet we did get back to the tour desk and booked the final 2 tours that we wanted. They are all day tours in Spain. We plan to just wander in the other 2 ports. Back to the theatre for another lecture. Cruising Through The Solar System was based on the planets. The speaker was much better and the subject matter very interesting. After that we had just enough time to get to “line dancing”. Don't breath or you bump into someone. The leader was entertaining. After we finished a lady came up to us and said we were the best couple. No Lie! WOW! Of course the dancing was “very primitive” as we expected.

There are many things that have changed in the ship's routines. A lot of subtle things but definitely different. This ship has photos along the passage ways that were submitted by passengers. I did send some a couple of times and I have one on another ship. I will try to see if any of the other ones are framed somewhere in the fleet. Not all the photos would be given a 10!

Rest time followed until we headed to the Elite lounge for pre dinner snacks. Then to dinner. We do have an assigned table now. Seems they were reluctant to do that but we are at a table for 6. One couple will be there for the duration. The other 2 spots will be filled each night with someone different.

The show was a not very good impressionist singer with pupits. Judy hates them. The internet is still out so this will be posted later. Still can't get the photos downloaded because of the internet. Between satellites. SURE. We have done many crossings and never lost some type of internet.