DAY 5

Crossing the Atlantic on day 1 of 6 days until we reach Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The sea is calm and a beautiful sapphire blue colour.

This morning was very leisurely for us, we went for ‘brunch’ up in the Windjammer which is toward the aft of the ship. It's a large buffet and relaxed area for eating anytime of day or night.

Today is day one of six sea days as we cross the Atlantic.  The seas are absolutely smooth and the aft of the ship and very large.  The food selection is extensive….those looking forward to cruising on Voyager need not worry……you definitely won’t starve. J

Today is ‘wash and fold’ day.  Fill a large bag with as much laundry as you can fit in it for US$25.00. Crown and Anchor members get a discount on this depending which level you are.

The progressive Trivia started this morning.  We will play every morning for the next 6 days, have a day off for our next port then two more days.  We tally our scores each day and at the end we will see who are the grand winners.  Our team of 6 are called the ’42 Dayers’, today we scored 16, same as yesterday.

They are ‘walking across the Atlantic’ for the ‘Make a Wish Foundation’. On the Royal Promenade they have two walking machines and there’s been someone on them every minute of the day since we left New Orleans.

Another bit of information I learned about Nassau is that the colours of the buildings are colour co-ordinated, Pink is Government buildings, white is Police, Yellow is Medical, Green for schools.  They all have a wonderful colonial look about them.

I’ve never seen so many jewellery stores in one little place, they’re all Duty Free.   Saw a wonderful  6ct  Diamond ring….. can’t understand why Roy’s ears were switched off and he didn’t hear me asking him to buy it for me….lol…

Yesterday afternoon we came across the ‘Peek a Boo Bridge’ up on deck 12  I think it is.  It’s a great spot with large glass windows where you can look down into the Bridge itself.  There’s a display and map showing exactly what each instrument on the bridge does, and if you’re lucky you’ll get a wave from the Officers or the Captain.

Everyday at 12 noon we are putting our clocks forward one hour, I think we will do this for the duration of the Atlantic crossing.  As I type this it is 1.30pm here and my computer says it’s 2.30am in Australia.

Three times I’ve been asked by someone from the USA if I know a friend of theirs who lives in Brisbane and it goes something like this “their name is ‘soinso’ and he’s bald and she’s got medium length dark wavey hairJ  I say “there’s 3 million people live there you know”, they say “oh really, so you don’t know them then?” :D