A relaxing day at sea.

Friday 20 May.

 

Today was at sea as we made our way to Morocco and Tangiers. It was another blustery day with a strong wind blowing along the decks as the ship steamed along at a fair rate of knots. Although there was a clear blue sky and it was warm out of the cold wind but the only place we could get any shelter was again in the corner between the pool and the buffet. Hopefully in a couple of days time when we pass through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean it will be calmer with warmer weather allowing us to sit out on the deck.

 

Once we finished breakfast we settled in our cosy sheltered spot and that was us for the day. There weren't any interesting talks on today in the theatre to distract us and the day was spent reading the paper then a book. I started another Anne Cleeves' novel in her Shetland series, this was called 'Blue Lightening'. We had our lunch in the corner spot, going in relays again to the buffet to bring back a tray of food. I picked a sea food salad and it was delicious. Even though we were in the fresh air I began to feel down again and by mid-afternoon my throat was sore. We went to the cabin about 4:00 pm to stretch out on our bunks which was a bit more comfortable. I took a couple of paracetamol and tried to have a sleep.

 

I did manage to doze for about half an hour and felt a bit better. I read my book until it was time for the early evening show in the theatre. We were there early to get a good seat but it wasn't really necessary as it was only half the seats were taken when it started. It was the dance troupe with acrobats and a contortionist. It was all right and we sat through to the end. The contortionist was a little tubby woman but she managed to get her body to bend into amazing positions, her spine must have been made of rubber. The acrobats were the best act, I think the trio might have been the Zulu dancers. Other than that the dancers were pretty ordinary.

 

We went to buffet after the show for dinner. Tonight was a gala evening in the dining rooms with all the diners in evening dress. We had been invited for cocktails with the captain, being regular voyagers, but unfortunately I hadn't brought my dinner suit with me; blast!!. So it was just our normal t-shirt and shorts and serve yourself.

 

After the meal we couldn't be bothered with going to any of the bars so just returned to our cabin. Moira had set up the laptop and had music playing from our 'library' while we lay back on the bunks and read. I was feeling very tired and got to sleep about 9:00 pm, it is going to be an energetic day tomorrow walking all round Tangiers.

 

 

 

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