Sea day

Probably every Sunday for the past forty odd weeks, we've spent our first waking moments together daydreaming about today, the first sea day of the cruise.  About room service.  And unstructured time.  Discovering the nooks and crannies of the ship.   And here we are, living the dream.

After breakfast al fresco, we plopped ourselves on a couple of chairs  and spent the next 3 hours reading, observing and commenting on our fellow passengers and deck activities, and making occasional forays a bit further afield.     You can find us in the shade with 50 SPF smeared on.

Next up is lunch, and one option is a fresh fish barbeque served on the pool deck.  I guess this is when I should let you know you won't find any pictures here of the delicious food we are enjoying.   Twenty odd years ago, on our first cruise, we thought it was absolutely hilarious that people would take pictures of food.   The midnight buffet was then a very popular feature, and passengers were let in at 11:30 to take photos of the food.   We agreed then that there were many more interesting things to photograph on our travels and with very few exceptions ( I couldn't resist the eponymous Casoncellis we came across in Bergamo, Italy), we've honored that agreement.