Turn around day

So we have left the eastern Mediterranean and started our slow journey back, we have one more stop at Palma on Tuesday and then it is full steam ahead for Southampton.  With no tours today we had a lie in and didn’t drag ourselves out of bed until 8.30am but instead of heading off to a restaurant I took myself up for a swim.  The weather is sunny but as we have a cruising speed of 22 knots and a headwind of 10 knots it is still quite chilly up on deck.  But the good news is that the pool is heated and I spent a good 20 minutes or so on my own doing lengths – well they are quite short lengths but other than swimming in circles what else can you do?

Last night was another casual night but this time with a tropical theme so we both put on our best Hawaiian clothes for dinner where we had the rare choice of Skate or Mahi Mahi.  We both had the skate but when Peter’s Mahi Mahi arrived I wish that I had stuck with the Hawaiian theme and had that instead.  The evening show was another Headliners concert this time with an ABBA theme, it was very good and you can see that they are getting more confident with each other as the shows roll by.  We happened to meet the two male dancers and one of the girl dancers outside the lift the other day and spent 15 minutes or so chatting to them.  Six weeks ago they had never met one another, so they have done well to put on their performances so professionally.  Perhaps we judged them harshly at the beginning comparing them with the group that we got to know so well last time but then of course they had 82 nights with us whereas this group we only have for 16.

We have completed our two lectures for the day, the first one with the fingerprint expert and the second with our Shakespeare man who is beginning to grow on me.  I had never heard any of the sonnets before and his explanations have been brilliant – the biggest problem that we have is the location in the Pacific Lounge which seems to have its air conditioning on full blast all the time.  Hilary had to move at one stage so that she had the warmth of a high chair back behind her and she was still cold.  At the moment she is waiting for me in the Crow’s Nest which is surrounded by glass and nicely warm, for all that I know she may even have ordered herself a hot chocolate to drink.

OK, no pictures today so I am hoping for a quick upload and then I am to join my wife for a snooze in the sun.  Thanks for all the comments, we look forward to reading them, please keep them coming.