Monday 2 May - getting close!

Sunday afternoon

A quiet day today, knitting, reading, walking. Tonight’s dinner was lovely, as usual. John was back at our table after being off colour yesterday, but Nancy was struggling with seasickness and didn’t come for dinner: hopefully her patch will settle her by tomorrow.

I went to the show tonight by an English tenor – a young man with an amazing voice who was also a very funny entertainer. He sang some opera, as well as Phantom, Elvis, etc. 

Monday morning.

This morning I woke early to see the moon rising; even though it’s only ¼ it was very bright and reflecting on the water.  Morning saw bits of sunshine; the sun is peeping through the clouds again now and the temperature is rising a little; it’s been quite pleasant for the past couple of days.  I’m sitting at the window in the Explorer’s cafe with my coffee, looking out onto the ocean: it’s still grey, reflecting the clouds, but it’s also sparkly, reflecting the bits of sunshine here and there. The swell hasn’t really subsided since we left port, but that’s nice because it feels like we’re sailing, not just sliding over the water. It’s amazing to think that the engines haven’t stopped for almost 5 days now, and apart from a couple of heavy fog patches, we’ve maintained a steady 18 knots. We’re probably about 400 miles from Honolulu now. Did you know there’s a website where you can track the location of a cruise ship? So if you’re interested, you can spot exactly where the Zaandam is at any time during the cruise.

After the pastor’s collapse yesterday, I wasn’t surprised to see that there was no service listed this morning, so I went to the early Mass; coming up to the lounge at 9.00, I met a lady who was a regular at the service and she said the service was on – not only that but Walt, the pastor was there, bright as a button! Apparently he’s had one of these turns a couple of times and they can’t find a thing wrong with him: he appears to be perfectly healthy. I’ve just done my first digital workshop: learning OneNote. This afternoon there’s a Hawaiian concert and tonight it’s Abba night, so they should be fun.