September 30 & October 1
Two more days at sea – I spent a day in our cabin while George played trivia & went to the Captains Cocktail party again. The waiters (who’ve been looking after us so well for the whole trip) sent me down a huge plate of warm Alaskan crab.
Wednesday & I’m back on deck. After a talk on New York where we’ll be tomorrow we joined a group for more trivia then lunch. Have seen quite a bit of marine life today – whales, dolphin & tuna. Much better weather too & people are using the deck chairs & pools for the first time really. We have enjoyed our balcony today, too. We’re meeting our Louisiana friends for dinner tonight as they will leave the ship in NY.
September 29
Arrived in St Johns Newfoundland early in the morning. Really beautiful harbour & quaint houses everywhere. The day was meant to be fine & sunny but in fact it was quite the opposite – drizzly & cool. I awoke with a VERY sore throat & cough so decided to seek medical attention right away. Was given medication which seems to have worked – there are lots of people with colds, guess it’s due to the fact we’ve been in doors for so long
George left the ship to discover St Johns & I met up with him to do our Rum & Rascals Tour in the afternoon. We visited a micro brewery where we tasted 6 beers including a cranberry one. Then on to a group of caves where port is stored. This is an ancient custom started back in the dark ages by the Portugese who brought the port to NF to mature then they took it back to Europe. We did a tasting there, too.
St Johns is interesting, very hilly & difficult to walk in if you are elderly like us. And the weather wasn’t great. In fact we were meant to sail at 5pm but due to heavy fog we didn’t depart until midnight.
September 28
As we were at sea again we had a talk on St Johns, Newfoundland which was very interesting. So much history to all these places we’ve been. I guess we filled in the day relaxing as usual and catching up with new friends. I guess it all sounds rather boring but once you get into this mode it becomes the norm. God help us when we get home!
27 September
Not a good day for Cat supporters. We certainly weren’t celebrating with champagne for breakfast in stateroom C324!!! While I feel sorry for the losers I did tell my husband that he will get over it – being a Magpie I’m used to that!!! At sea again, & the usual things to do like eat, drink, read, play scrabble & even a game of bingo. But I think some of the people on board this ship play trivia & bingo for a living – they certainly seem to be experts.