Today was a big day – we crossed the international dateline and lost January 29. We are about 650 miles from the northern tip of New Zealand as of this reporting. This is day four out of five sea days, and I really cannot complain about the condition of the water as we have been very lucky. The captain announced yesterday that today would be very bumpy and so far it has been pretty darn good.
So what do we do all day at sea? Michael does Bridge morning and afternoon and I do knitting morning and Bridge afternoon. After that we eat and sometimes we go to a show in the evening and sometimes we’re just too tired after all day being around people and being “on.” We have never attended a lecture, and we don’t watch them on TV either. Live TV service is spotty depending on where we are. Internet can also be spotty depending on where we are. At 6pm we go down to what is called the living room and have a cocktail and meet with some folks. Some evenings we have dinner in the restaurant with some folks, and other evenings we just go to the World Café by ourselves for a quick meal. Our days are full and tiring.
Local entertainment from Tahiti
There are special events during sea days, such as the boat races. Teams make boats and compete to see whose boat can stay afloat in the pool for the longest time before sinking. It’s a lot of fun, and the contestants dress up like pirates and sailors.
Today was a special brunch and celebration of crossing the international dateline. If you are on a diet, this is not the place for you to be. The entire pool deck becomes one big culinary extravaganza.
There are also special group meetings for different nationalities or different occupations. Viking is planning a reunion for all of us that were on the doomed magical mystery cruise from 2020 so we are really looking forward to that.