We both surprised ourselves by getting up sort of early and going to the gym which was helped by the fact that they put the clocks back overnight. The gym was quite busy when we arrived and we had to look for a machine to become available. Jennifer reckons from past experience that the first few days’ people go to the gym and then as the days go by, it all becomes too much trouble, and the gym become empty.
Anyway a good start for us followed by a shower and off to breakfast which meant trudging around the ship to find the best place. A cup of tea and scrambled eggs and bacon helped the body recover and then we walked around the upper decks, the strong winds almost blew you over. The ship is travelling at around 25 mph plus a headwind of similar speed and it was quite an effort really.
Today’s travels will take us down the East Coast of Italy and around the ‘heel’ and then sometime during the night we will pass
Lunch time came around and we sat in the open air restaurant at the back of the ship and had a light snack and then headed back to the room for some ‘quiet time’ where Jennifer read her book and Noel started typing. The afternoon sped by and the call of food beckoned at around 6 pm and this time we tried the Garden room which is open plan seating and a mixture of prepared foods and fish and other meats cooked to order. Tonight is also Halloween night and so around the ship the crew had dressed up in weird outfits and patrolled the walkways. Its all very relaxed and no dressing up in your finest and then after a nice light dinner we ended up in the Bliss bar where the Filipino guitarist was playing and we listened to him until 9pm when he disappeared and DJ Watson the resident DJ took over and we listened to lots of old favourites from Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton and many others whilst watching the videos on the TV’s spread around the room. A little boogying on the floor for a while, wow this is getting a habit. And then back to the room about 1030 for some little “bo peep”.
