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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Day 17 - Halloween at sea

Happy Halloween everyone! Today was the first of our six-day Atlantic crossing and we did pathetically little. We were up early, but didn't ever quite muster the energy to hit the gym. Also, the seas are quite rough again today, so I had to resort to another Gravol and a nap before lunch.

After lunch I was feeling much better so we headed up to the deck to try and enjoy the sea air. It was fairly warm today, about 20C/72F, but very windy. We were able to make it about an hour before we had to come back inside. The rest of the afternoon we read; ok, I read, Andrew slept. Before heading for an early dinner we stopped to check out the results of the pumpkin carving contest they had earlier today - pretty amazing, don't you agree!


At dinner, it was fun to see that a few dozen passengers had planned ahead and were dressed in costumes. The couple next to us were dressed as a witch and the devil and we were impressed that they had dedicated that much luggage space to one outfit!

When dinner was finished, the waiter brought us a lovely little cake with a candle and several of the crew sang "Happy Anniversary" to us, with many of the passengers also joining in. Andrew had tipped the staff off that we were celebrating our 10th anniversary on this trip - very sweet!

After dinner, we decided to go and see the show which featured a magician. He was moderately entertaining, and it was pretty exciting for us to stay up past 8:30! Despite the fact that we are among the youngest passengers on the ship (by a good 20 years), we are probably among the first to hit the hay at night. We just can't quite break out of our home routine to go to bed and then get up early!

We have booked a spinning class tomorrow morning, so are looking forward to that. Otherwise, our day will probably look very much the same as today. More R&R.

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