Today’s Daily Programme can be found here…..
I had another terrible night’s sleep, all I could think about was I really needed a Lemsip and that the ship’s shops had nothing for cold relief, oddly they did stock tampons and condoms when I’m sure there isn’t a massive demand for either given the demographic onboard. We woke late, probably because I’d been restless all night and Jane ended up having to rush to get to breakfast before it closed. I had a request for some honey, lemon and a portion of Bircher muesli. Which she returned with at about 10 am. I enjoyed my muesli and really enjoyed the homemade Lemsip of a honey and lemon brew with a couple of paracetamol dissolved in it. It tasted just like a Lemsip, until I got to the bottom of the cup where the undissolved paracetamol lurked, that wasn’t so pleasant.
Myra, our steward arrived to make up the room while I was drinking my homemade Lemsip so we retired to the balcony to get out of her way. Once everything was out of the way we headed up to 12 and the Grills Terrace to grab a lounger and get some sun. I flitted between reading my book and geeking on my phone, my head is woolly so can’t concentrate and the WI-FI signal on 12 is weak so it’s not easy to maintain an internet connection. I was dozing off when the 12 o’clock hooter went off and scared the bejesus out of me. Captain Hoyt announced that the predicted wind and sea state in Mykonos meant that tender operations would be too dangerous so there would be a change to our itinerary and we would sail to Heraklion in Crete instead. It’s not a big deal for us, Mykonos would have been nice as it’s somewhere we haven’t been before, but Crete is fine as an alternative.
We had a full house again for lunch which was pleasant, and spaghetti carbonara was on the menu which is always a favourite. Cunard really do excel at lunchtime pasta dishes. after lunch we headed back upstairs to the Deck 12 terrace where we took a couple of loungers on the starboard side. These loungers were fully in the shade which suited me, the downside was I was unable to get a WI-FI signal on this side of the terrace. I drifted between reading my book and snoozing in the warmth until Annabelle, the Grills waitress, brought around the 3 pm ice cream. After that I headed back to the room to get ready for the 4 pm progressive quiz in the Winter Garden. We were a little disappointing getting 14/20
After the quiz we went to the Commodore club for the first time in a couple of days. It was very quiet and there were plenty of seats available, so we sat by the windows looking out over the billiard smooth sea. I ordered a Doombar and Jane a Cool as a Cucumber. I’m not sure the Doombar was a good idea, it took me a while to drink, Jane’s Cool as a Cucumber obviously was as she had a second. We couldn’t hang around too long as it was a Gala night and the dress code is enforced in the Commodore Club post 6 pm, or rather there was a notice posted at the entrance stating it was, whether it actually was is another matter.
It was the Masquerade Gala theme to dinner tonight so us men were all back in DJs, We’d not brought masks with us this time, our last lot had either been lost or broken and it has been quite a number of cruises since we had a Masquerade Ball. The dinner menu wasn’t very inspiring with most of us going for Scallops Coquille St Jacques and I plumped for Salmon, it may not have been very inspiring, but it certainly tasted good. After dinner we went down to the Queens room to watch the dancers for a while before meeting up in the pub for a bit of quizzing before retiring to bed, we’re going to lose another hour overnight as we move to GMT+2
Did anyone wear a mask in the masquerade ball? May be this is where the condoms come in handy (balloon animals for decorative purposes etc)
Thank you Tim, that’s a good question. There were many on view especially at the Masquerade Ball in the Queen’s Room. This is the ship’s ballroom where I can only assume a plentiful stock of condoms might come in handy, given the nature of the mating rituals on display.