When we awoke it felt like the ship was back in the Bay of Biscay! It was lightly raining and we were rocking all over the place and the walls were creaking like mad! I still dragged JL out of bed and up to the top deck to do our laps, but it wasn't very pleasant in the wind and rain, so he went down to the lower (covered) promenade deck while I went to the gym early to use the stepper and bike before stretch class. As we walked past the pool we had to dodge out of the way as the pitching of the ship was making the water splash dramatically all over the deck!
After breakfast I decided to brave line dancing, even though I could barely stand up, and sure enough it proved to be very interesting! Line dancing involves a lot of steps and it is very important to be aware of which foot your weight is on, but we were all over the place as the ship moved from side to side! It was good fun, even if I did end up rather dizzy!
I took salvage in the room while JL went to 2 different lectures - one by a man called Colin Alderson who used to work as a chef at Buckingham Palace and had lots of interesting stories; then another by Ian Brown, an ex-policeman who had worked for MI5, who talked about the story of the criminal Ronnie Biggs (great train robbery).
We had lunch and then I chilled out in the room while JL went to investigate the pool - unfortunately he found that they had emptied it! We watched a bit of TV including the end of 2 films which both make me cry - and I did, just from the ends! JL then suggested we go for a walk round the promenade deck so off we set. My plan was so go from here to the gym. But then as we were completing our second lap an announcement came on the tannoy telling us that there was a Chocoholics Buffet currently ongoing in one of the restaurants! All thoughts of the gym (and of finishing walking!) went out of my head and I deserted JL, rushed inside and headed straight for the chocolate! I took a number of photos of the beautiful cakes and desserts that had been made for the occasion, carefully chose the tastiest looking and settled down with a cup of tea for a delicious snack!
I went and read in the room for a bit with JL before dinner. Tonight's meal was a special 'Marco Pierre White' gala dinner, so JL was in heaven. I will post a photo of the menu on Facebook. (My Quorn was nice too!)
We didn't fancy the show this evening so we came back to the room to watch the port presentation on our next destination - Montevideo. I was exhausted so then had an early night, hoping that the ship would have stabilised a bit by the morning!
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