Day 9 – en route to Antigua 3 October 2012
8am and it was 29 degrees!
Our world is blue – ocean blue, sky blue and turquoise wake, each intensified
by contrasting white of fluffy clouds and foam from the wash.
I have seen just
one ship during our crossing, and that was several days ago. On the 360 degree horizon there is just water
with Oriana at the centre. Today I saw our first sea bird since Madeira – a
flash of white against the blue of the sky. Comparatively few people experience
transatlantic passages and I feel privileged to be one of them – they are truly
different from normal cruising, which will resume tomorrow when we reach Antigua.
There was a dramatic storm last night. I woke around 4am to a rattling sound.
Although I am in an inside cabin, the left hand side is superstructure out onto
open deck and the rain was so torrential it was beating against it. I heard the
thunder and switched on the bridgecam on my cabin TV to see great flashes of
lightning. I couldn’t resist getting up and peeping out of my cabin door
through the glass door next to my cabin that leads out onto the Terrace Deck to
watch. It certainly cleared the air this morning, although everyone woke to a
new problem. One of the engines had shot out black soot all over the aft decks
which had to be cleared and cleaned.
The Peninsular lunch was at noon. There were not that many
people there, nor at the Ligurian and Baltic one which was yesterday. I was on a table for 8 with the Accommodation
Services Manager, who was very entertaining, as was everyone on the table. I
now feel overly stuffed and too hot and have returned to my cabin to rest and
cool down. It is our last formal night tonight until we start our return
journey on Tuesday.
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