SATURDAY already, and the time has started to go back, an
hour last night and an hour tomorrow night.
We are on the Atlantic which interestingly is as still as a pond, no
sign of sea life either, only stillness and bright sunshine, and a temperature
of around 15C.
Today is a sea day, en
route to the Azores, so far this has given us time for a cookery demonstration. Then came our second art class – water colour
of an autumn landscape, the original looks so subtle in natural grass and tree
greens, dark reds and browns, and yet our trees look like poppies painted on
astroturf against a vivid purple sky ;) It might be too embarrassing to share,
so if I do post a pic it might be black and white. Mine above, Khachik's below. However Khachik has being colourblind as a possible reason ;)
We have also fully participated in our waltz class, without
too many toe crunches :) and a brisk deck 3 walk.
It’s both reassuring and unnerving on the Promenade deck. This is where all the life boats are situated,
it looks as though there are 20 with approximately 100 capacity each, and loads of huge barrels containing
inflatable life rafts for 35 people each.
There also seems to be the call to a safety drill for staff every day –
for emergencies like fire, man overboard etc. it’s reassuring to know everyone
knows exactly what to do and has practised regularly, but unnerving when you
think deeply about what it all means.
We are still overwhelmed by the sea and the sky, we are so happy to have struck up many more conversations and made friendly
eye contact and gestures in the art and dance classes with some like-bodied
people. The nautical vocabulary is increasing, unfortunately not the Portuguese
we’ll need tomorrow, but we will do our best, we know “obrigado” which with a
smile will get us a long way. Tomorrow
we will be writing about the Azores as we sail away on the first of 6 sea days
towards the Caribbean. We are in short
very happy here. Bye for now.
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