At Sea

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Forgot to say we departed Bermuda at 5 PM yesterday and the captain warned us that we would have 3 meter seas tomorrow instead of the 1.5 meters we had experienced to date.  Yippee!  Some last thought about Bermuda - lovely place, lovely people (those we encountered), housing very expensive, “affordable housing” starts at $250,000 and goes up to $800,000, everything you eat, wear and use comes in 20’ containers from New Jersey making everything expensive plus the government levies 7% on all incoming goods, every family is allowed one car so mom has the car to transport the kids and dad rides a scooter.  Other than that it would be a great place to live.

Today we slept late, had breakfast, enjoyed a presentation of big ships of the Atlantic, a history of ship construction with photos of the great ships built for the Atlantic crossings.  Then a presentation about the use of Microsoft’s Windows 10 was very interesting for Iris as she refuses to follow me to Apple and the easy iOS.  At 5:30 we sat in the Horizons Bar for drinks and enjoyed the ship’s orchestra playing for the dancers.  For dinner we enjoyed dinner in the Terrace Cafe snacking around on the various options from the stations.  No monumental but always tasty.  We had seen the entertainer on a previous cruise with Oceania (for Bob’s birthday last year) so decided to read and go to bed early.  Bob was forced to go to bed early as his kindle ran out of battery.  Bummer!  No photos today as the scenery was the same all day.

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Laundry done by 8 AM, breakfast in the Terrace Cafe, then to the shops to use up some of the onboard credits - new watch for Bob, 2 handbags, globe that turns when exposed to light, rolling duffle bag and scarf for Iris.  In the morning we attended a presentation about future cruises on Oceania that didn’t tempt us to book another one yet.  Lunch in the Terrace Cafe was with Jacques and Diane that we had met on the Little Havana culinary tour in Miami before our cruise.  Jacques has been in the ship’s hospital almost since we departed but is OK now after $6,000 worth of care.  Not sure what was the problem but now seems normal.  For happy hour we decided on the Martini Bar to enjoy the 2 for 1 drinks while listening to the pianist.  After finishing the drinks we went to the Italian specialty restaurant for a very nice dinner.  We both had a lovely spinach salad with some Italian breads and Tuscan olive oil followed by osso bucco with risotto for Bob and veal parmesan for Iris.  Enjoyed it very much.  Skipped the entertainment and read late due to the hour time change.