Monday 23rd April 2007

The beds on the ship are great - very comfortable and HUGE - I had a very good nights sleep!

We woke up at about 8.30am and lay chatting for a while about what we thought of life at sea, before heading out to try and find the breakfast restaurant. We set off at 9:15am and finally found it at 9:40am.

At breakfast you're sat as you arrive (as opposed to having a set table) - and so were sat with this really nice couple from Illinois and a very miserable couple (we don't know where they were from - we were too scared to ask!)

After eating our 'Eggs Benedict' we decided to head up on deck for a day in the sun. We lay there for a while, but it was VERY hot and so went for a walk. By now it was probably about 11am and yet the queue of Americans, waiting for pizza, was about 50 people long!

This afternoon, we did nothing - we just lay in the sun. That was until Nikki got restless and decided that she fancied a session in the gym (yes, you did hear right - the gym!), so we went there.., for about 15 minutes, until we remembered we were on holiday!

We were reminded that this evening there was a cocktail party - hosted by the Master of the ship. This was a formal occasion, so me and Nikki got ready in our posh gear.

At the party, everyone was all dressed up. We saw some right chavs who looked like they were going to fancy dress... brilliant! It was fun, but a bit poncy: I wanted a nice cold beer after all the laying in the sun i've done today, but had to make do with cocktails. The sea was getting quite choppy and so after only 1 cocktail, I felt as though i'd had about 10. We saw the Master of the ship and all his crew (we were a little concerned as to who was steering the ship at this point), and then went down for dinner.

We sat down for dinner with Tom and Lyn (the nice couple from Wigan). Nikki had the LARGEST slab of beef I have ever seen, but couldn't eat it, the waiter had brought out an extra lobster tail so Nikki swapped and had that instead. I also had lobster tail... twice!

Dinner finished at about 10:30pm, and we then went to see the nightly entertainment - some all singing, all dancing cabaret about 'Living in America' - Woo Hoo... High Five! This was followed by some American comedian called 'Fat Cat' - he was very funny.

By now we were exhausted. The laying in the sun had caught up with us and so we went to bed at about 1am.

Life on the ocean waves... brilliant!