Monday July 8 – At Sea

We had a very lazy day on board ship today.  A number of activities we had intended to participate in went on without us but we did get to the talk on Portland and we never miss the production shows because the singing and dancing is so good.  Michael, the male singer said they were concerned about the show tonight because they had a very scary rehearsal.  The sea was a little rough today with the ship moving up and down and sideways.  Up till now we have had very calm seas.  Anyway, the show went well on a wobbly stage, although I think they adapted their moves and removed the parts where the man catches the girl.  When two men carried the female singer aloft, there was a third man who waked around them holding her.  It was all so professionally done that it was difficult to know whether things had been slightly changed.  In their show, Talk of the Town, they sang songs from Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Neil Diamond and Cat Stephens.

Our Captain told us that we will be about three hours late arriving into Dover this morning because the had to close the engines down last night while we slept in order to fix a propeller that had failed.  Sadly, our wonderful Italian Captain Tony Ruggero, will be disembarking in Dover and we will be getting an English Captain for the rest of the voyage.  We are now half way through our cruise.

At the end of each section of the cruise, there is a procession to thank the chefs and waiters in the dining room.