Well we departed Aruba yesterday evening and I was hoping for some nice sunset photo shots but unfortunately there were to many clouds so perhaps tonight will be better, we shall sea.
Room service breakfast arrived on time and we do recognise its a long way from the kitchen to our room and so for the food to be really hot then room service is not the way to go however it was at an acceptable temperature , Noel had the fried eggs and bacon and Jennifer scrambled and ham. They forgot to bring the tea though but as we always travel with a small electric kettle and tea bags it was not a problem.
So for today and tomorrow we travel to Fort Lauderdale where we arrive at 0700 in the morning but we don't get off until about 0920, everything is fully rostered, and you will be shot if you don't comply! . Tonight is what they call a Gala dinner where you can dress up in your finery but unlike Fred Olsen and P & O where they pretty much insist on a Black Tie the American Ships, although this is registered in Rotterdam, don't require the same formality which is quite nice and so a jacket and collard shirt is all that is required, it says. If I had the nerve I would go to the Dinner in my new white jacket and green shirt with collar and tie and nothing else and look upset when they don't let me in or arrest me. Ha. The sea has a few white caps this morning and so we are rocking a bit and it means that occasionally miss the keys on the computer , well that's my excuse for typo’s but hopefully it will stay like this till we get back. Jennifer is wearing her wrist bands which really do work for her which is good.
I have mentioned before the ships communication and entertainment system which is first class and as for programmes on the TV its pretty much like a good airliner with over 100 films to choose from which we can watch from the comfort of our own suite on a Samsung 4K 55 inch screen. Really good. We can also watch four news programmes including the BBC Worldwide which frankly seems a waste of time as its mostly consisting of documentaries and discussions with some unknown African Leader who is clearly lying about the missing gold bars and dollars from his country whilst blaming the opposition for promoting such disgracefull comments. he then leaves with his 10 wives and other flunkies in 12 Rolls Royce cars to his Palace. I have been also watching the American TV News Channels, one for supporting President Trump whilst the other not. It looks to me that government is not about serving the people who elected you but to fight tooth and nail with the opposition not matter whether it does any good at at all to the population of America.
The current crisis of a stupid memo or two is disgraceful with one side blaming the other and this takes a lot of time and does not enable any President to go ahead with his policies as promoted prior to election and so in the end virtually nothing gets done. This is clearly the case for when Obama was in power and the people I asked what did Obama do find it difficult to answer with any sincerity. The current argument is over the illegal immigrants with the children of same being labelled’ The Dreamers’ and Obama policy was to allow them to stay. There are apparently 1.8 million of them in the country, about half are registered the rest not. These people arrive across the US/ Mexican border and even other migrants come to Canada and then cross the Canadian/US border illegally and yet certain US politician's say lets forget how they got here and let them stay. I say NO, If I want to visit the USA, in the OLD days one would go to the USA Embassy with loads of documents to obtain a VISA, now its easier by internet but you still have to fill in a detailed form online, pays your money, then when you check in at your departure airport they check you again against the computer and when you arrive in the USA you wait in in line for hours, it seems, to have all your fingerprints taken and also a photo, and I am a UK visitor to a country where we are supposed to be friends!!!. We have the same arguments in the UK with BREXIT vote. I don't think anybody in the UK has ever voted to join the EU, we voted to join EFTA (European Free Trade Agreement) and we did not join EFTA to allow thousands of people to flood our shores whether from EU Countries or even those from deepest Middle East & Africa who arrive by boat in Italy from Egypt or somewhere where the Italian give them a bus map on how to get to the UK where they will give you a nice free house and pocket money and free healthcare without even contributing to the economy, Its Bloody Nuts!!
All the bullshit from the EU about the UK making grave mistakes about leaving is nothing to do we the reasons they give because it means heavy job losses in Belgium and Luxembourg and Strasbourg, and as UK is the second largest contributor to the EU after Germany somebody will have to pay more, such as Germany, France etc whilst the Italians and Spanish are pretty much bankrupt due to the EU and cant afford to pay anymore. The sooner the UK Government pulls the plug on this Titanic disaster the better. This is not to mention the Swiss who get on very well without the EU and Holland and Sweden and many countries who would like to vote against the EU and this includes a lot of people in Germany.
Sweden has now become the rape capital of the world on a per capita basis mostly due to Migrant influx and in Stockholm and other major cities there are many NO-GO areas where the police and emergency services will not attend incidents so as to protect their own life.. In the late 90’s and early 2000’s I visited Sweden many times and it was a quiet haven in the world with lovely people and I made many good business friends there but now they have to put up with this, all because to the EU Immigration policy.
We ll that's enough politics for today and I will continue tomorrow with a ship update and other strong views I hold on certain immigrants.
Well it is GALA Evening which means dressing up in your finest, well for the minor few, most people had open necked collard shirt and I only saw a few Black Ties. The dinner was nice with the main course being filet mignon with a lobster tail which was most tasty. Jennifer's steak was immersed in Garlic whilst mine was naked but tasted much better said Jennifer after tasting mine. After dinner we went to the BB KING BLUES BAR for some music and a little dance in a slightly swaying boat was not to easy.
And so to bed. Got to pack the bags tomorrow Boo Hoo.
