Today we are getting ready for a total mind reset. Seventeen days at sea is a long time. An out of time experience with its own daily schedule of activities, pampering, ports of call…. By now, we have explored most of the ship, we have seen a good many of the faces before, we know which elevator or staircase to head for when we want to go someplace, and we are used to our shipboard life.
“Our” Forward Elevator on Deck 10, the Navigation Deck
We are sailing the North Sea towards Amsterdam. Today is a very pleasant day. The sea is placid, the sky is sunny, and the temperature is mild and warm. All day long, oilrigs and container ships pass by our verandah door. I am finally feeling better after my experience of what I refer to as the “group cold”, which is actually more like bronchitis, and I am looking forward to my last night onboard, despite the packing.
Placid Sea Outside Our Stateroom Door
I was finally able to expend some of my internet time and place photos on most of our blog posts. I apologize for the lack of quality of the image reductions, but I don’t have access to Photoshop to process the images properly. Maybe I can fix some of them when we get home. The real treat will be viewing the full set, when we can share more of what we have experienced on our cruise with our friends and family.
Photos © 2014 P.J. Gardner. All rights reserved.