Friday 21
March – at sea
We left
Alta in the very early hours – around 2am. There had been snow overnight and
snow showers all day. It was good to have a lazy day and process everything we
had seen and done. I changed my library book. The librarian was excellent and
eager to offer suggestions if you said what genre you enjoyed. When I said I
didn’t have time to read another book she insisted I take one of the paperbacks
passengers leave.
Due to the
nature of this cruise, there were more indoor activities arranged – the usual
quizzes, Wii bowling, carpet bowls, Baggo (which sort of replaced deck quoits),
indoor golf putting (at which I surprised myself), etc.
We were up
late as it had been a bumpy night. Today was the second Baltic/Ligurian
Peninsular Lunch. We were on a table with the Deck Cadet, Ian Ware, who was
very entertaining and will make an excellent captain in our opinion. Feeling
stuffed, I had a lazy afternoon watching the excellent Crew Show where
Executive Purser Ian Wynne-Smythe surprised us by singing a serious and
beautiful song – he had a good voice. Usually he does comedic stuff!
That
evening was the Peninsular Party before dinner. There was a new way of doing
photos at the door. Instead of shaking hands with the Captain, the Executive
Purser, Commercial Manager, Deputy Captain and Captain were posed and you stood
in the middle – a nice touch. I paused there to arrange coffee on the final day
with Robert.
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