So far so good, the ship is stable although the sea is
choppy, the swimming pools are swishing well, and walking outside is definitely
not recommended. There’s an easterly
force 7 at the moment, but no need for Stugeron.
Our penultimate sea day has gone just as planned: rhino was hurriedly
painted then attractively and more leisurely tweaked. Sunrise and sunset were gorgeous.
We have spent some time watching the waves. The Arcadia vocalist’s performance was beautiful and quite emotional, a reprise of favourite songs from earlier sectors. Our passports are back in the safe, after about an hour in a very orderly queue, and we have had our face to face with UK immigration on board so there won’t be any delays on Thursday. All kinds of post has started arriving in our cabin’s mail box – last day for this, last chance for that, final performances, final Captain’s cocktail party and black tie dinner, disembarkation information, luggage labels. So all manner of mixed feelings have been out to play today.
We have spent some time watching the waves. The Arcadia vocalist’s performance was beautiful and quite emotional, a reprise of favourite songs from earlier sectors. Our passports are back in the safe, after about an hour in a very orderly queue, and we have had our face to face with UK immigration on board so there won’t be any delays on Thursday. All kinds of post has started arriving in our cabin’s mail box – last day for this, last chance for that, final performances, final Captain’s cocktail party and black tie dinner, disembarkation information, luggage labels. So all manner of mixed feelings have been out to play today.
This afternoon we also went to the maybe final session at
the gym and I also enjoyed a Pilates class, not the final one, there’s another at
9 a.m. tomorrow, and then the final yoga of my block booking is at 4 p.m.
tomorrow. All being well these final
classes will fit in well with the final art class and final art exhibition
tomorrow. So we are fast approaching the
end of this unforgettable chapter, and wondering what’s around the corner, and
what we can do to keep all of these memories alive for a long long time to come.
Tomorrow the packing will start and we will put away the
shorts and t-shirts for a while, leaving warm stuff out to travel home in.
But meanwhile we are trying to eke out the final moments of the ship. We have just watched a Queen tribute act, Killer Queen, performed by the Headliners - and another good one, and are back in the cabin watching Mama Mia on the telly, feeling quite sleepy already (10:30 p.m.), so I’ll say goodbye for now and come
back for one more time after all the “finals”. xx
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