Saturday, August 7, 2010
Travel Update: Day 5 6:44 AM
Temp: 71.6 Humidity 95% Barometer 29.6 rising
Sea: slight Wind: Force 4 14 knots SW
Weather: fog/haze Speed: 23.8 knots
Position: 42.13.45N 63.20.91 W
Southampton: 2634.9 New York 516.1
The last full day on board. The sun is shining, the fog disappeared as we ate breakfast. It will be a wonderful day. Coffee and muffins arrived precisely at 7:00. We enjoyed, got cleaned up for the day and set out for breakfast. After our usual wonderful breakfast we went up to deck 11 and our bridge lesson. However, the ship was for once moving about enough that it bothered Nancy, and she excused herself and went down to deck 3 where the motion is much less noticeable. I stayed for bridge and learned the first steps in the bidding procedure, I guess we will have to make another voyage and attend the intermediate bridge lessons.
I found Nancy in the “Chart Room” where we enjoyed a Coke and worked on pictures and the blog. While there people signed up and auditioned for the talent contest to be held later that afternoon. One young girl I would guess of ten or twelve sang a song from Les Miserables and was excellent—she was the only one to receive an ovation from the people gathered in the bar.
We went up to deck 7 and found some lunch. After lunch for a change we walked on deck for two laps which was more than we had managed on any day save the first on this voyage. The sun was great—and a lot of other people thought so as well.
At this point we decided to do some work and returned to our cabin to pack the three bags we were going to have the ship’s crew unload. This involved some planning as we wanted our clothes for the next three days to be easily accessible and not to have all of the souvenirs and gifts in one place. In addition it seemed we had a great deal of stuff. We also spent time checking our list of purchases for the custom’s declaration. It took most of the afternoon, but we didn’t work too fast.
We dressed for our last dinner aboard ship, put the three bags out in the hall and went down to a splendid meal again. We then went to the farewell show with Mark O’Malley a singer who performed mostly in stage musicals in London. He was a Scot, but he could sing without an accent as the song demanded. He was wonderful and boy could he sing. He was followed by a singing and dancing tribute to Neil Diamond which was great fun, but sad as this is the final show for the voyage.
We went to the casino with a dollar and it took a long time to lose a nickel at a time—at one point we were at $4.50, but we eventually lost it all. We had some tea and then an early bed as Nancy had the strange idea to get up early to see the ship pass under the bridge at 5:00 AM and into the harbor in addition to excitement of docking and returning to the U.S.
Travel Update: Day 5 9:25 PM
Temp. 69.8 Humidity 82% Barometer 29.9 rising
Wind: Force 3 9 knots Sea: slight
Weather: clear Position: Southampton 3011.5 New York: 139.6
Position: 40.33.85 N 71.16.75 W
Steps: 6942
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