Yesterday was a partly cloudy, cool and windy day. While the seas were relatively calm it was not the best day to be outside but that did not stop us from sitting on the veranda. Today we awoke to a sunny day with calm winds and flat seas. It is just beautiful. This is the fourth time we are doing the Miami to Barcelona crossing in March and, somehow, we have always been blessed with good weather and the accompanying smooth sailing. I hope you can see how smooth the water is in the photo below. I am living proof that an atheist can live a blessed life!
One thing that they are doing differently on this cruise concerns the time changes. On the journey from Miami to Barcelona you have to set the clock forward by 1 hour six different times. Typically, those time changes are done overnight so, in theory, you lose an hour sleep. But, let’s get real, you are on a cruise with days at sea so you really don’t have to lose that hour sleep. Nonetheless, on this cruise they are setting the clocks ahead at mid-day so 11:30 am becomes 12:30 pm. It seems quite sensible and today was our first change. We’ll see how it goes.
One event on today’s sea day was the officer’s challenge where the passengers compete with the ship’s officers in games such as golf putting and bean bag toss to earn valuable Big-O points. Here is a picture of Linda competing in the ball toss against a security officer. Incidentally, this security officer was the one who, in St. Kitts on our last cruise, came out to the port area at about 10 pm (we were supposed to sail at midnight) and figuratively dragged us back to the ship because Captain Flokos wantd to leave early and we were the last 2 people on shore!
In many ways, Linda and I have so much in common but there are some differences. For instance, check out the picture of us on the veranda - me in shorts and T-shirt and Linda in jeans and a sweatshirt!
Tomorrow we have a port day in Bermuda. Looking forward to taking a long walk before we set sail again for 4 days at sea.
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