Day 6 15th January 2011-01-14

The picture is the view from our balcony of the Atalntic near Cape Verde Islands

One question that I am often asked is what do you do when the ship is sailing between ports. This is important at the moment with five days at sea crossing the Atlantic in front of us.  There is a daily newspaper that publishes all the activities that are available to you. This covers many different things so that if you are a fantastical bridge player you can spend every waking moment with the cards. Yesterday is probably a reasonable example of what we do:

10 to 11 am we listened to a talk on Rio de Janeiro which we arrive at on 22 January

11am to 1pm we sat in the sun on deck reading a book or in my case I walked for 13 laps or 4 miles to keep healthy

1 to 2pm Lunch

2 to 4pm Sat on the balcony of our cabin drinking wine and in my case studying my Open University creative Writing Course trying and failing to write poetry

4 to 6 pm We watched a movie “Moon” – so poor Chris went to sleep

6 to 7 pm answered e-mail

7pm we got ready for a formal dinner – this means Dinner Jackets etc

8pm Pre-dinner drinks

8.30pm Dinner

Late Night Show – The Merseys who played lots of sixties music and were excellent

That’s the hectic life on board. Time flies by ………….