After breakfast Barbara and I put our laundry on and tried to get our mile in. However, we seemed to stop and chat more than we walked. Then it was back to retrieve our washing and put them in the dryers. I also ironed my two white formal shirts. Because they only get worn for a few hours in the evening, I turn a blind eye to the slightly grubby necks and wear them twice before sending them to be cleaned. We did very little during the day. We sat on th...

The last time I was in Salvador, I flew in with Angie and after a night in the coldest air con I’ve ever experienced flew back out again. It poured the whole time. This time it was dry and very warm. The six of us took the shuttle to the old town, where we wandered round the old cobbled streets for a while. Phil and Yvonne went back to the ship, while Barbara, Rob, Linda and I stayed on for a beer before grabbing a cab back to the ship. In some ways,...

A doing b***** all day today. No films, no lectures, no quizzes. Yvonne celebrated her birthday the day we arrived in Southampton, Barbara celebrated hers on our third day of the cruise and I celebrate mine in about a month. So we decided to have a joint celebration and today was the day. After drinks in Norman and Lynda’s, the eight of us plus Luke decamped to the Glasshouse where Norman had wangled us the private room. It was really good fun and we ...

I went to the movies today. At 9:00. In the morning! They put on a different movie daily in the Playhouse. It usually shows five or six times a day. Today it was only shown three times. I saw Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Complete hokum, but I enjoyed it. We crossed the equator today at 2:45 am and custom dictates that we need Neptune’s permission. This was sought and the Crossing the Line ceremony took place by the Terrace Pool this afternoon. Per...

Another lazy sea day. After a mile and some reading on the Promenade Deck, I went to another of Nigel Marven’s talks. This time on Brazilian wildlife. As Barbara and I were chatting afterwards, Rob and Linda found us, so we went to lunch with them. The Headliners put on a matinee show called ‘New Romantics’ which was about 1980’s music. I’d never seen it before and enjoyed it. Our third formal night tonight and the boys all wore white DJ...