The few days before boarding the ship, we were once again dodging showers, but we did manage to do some gardening. This entailed harvesting corn, tomatoes and raspberries. Jake had been worried that she had only a few tomatoes this year, but she has enough to feed a few armies! The freezer is now full of the above veg after a few hours of prep!
Friday dawned, surprisingly warm - reached 23C. Our drive down to Southampton was uneventful, and after the boarding procedure, we headed to our cabins
. Jake and John are on deck 10 and towards the rear of the ship while I'm right at the front on deck 11.
After lunch, when our cases were delivered, it was warm enough to get our swimmers on and have a swim. Very pleasant.
This is the largest ship I've been on. Fitness on here will not be a problem. It felt like I'd walked 0.5km just to get to laundry!
Met some interesting people at dinner and ended the day taking part in a quiz - we didn't do very well!
Saturday was a sea day. Unfortunately the weather clouded over and there was a chill wind - this was probably because we'd 'bagged' our deck chairs!
Jake and I went to dance fit, but it wasn't up to the standard of my Wednesday class!
It was a black tie and Captain's evening, so we put on our 'sparkly' clothes and saluted the main crew members with Champagne!
A half hour with a ' not funny' comedian ended the evening.
Sunday dawned a bit brighter and was another sea day. I had an early start as I was delegated to get the laundry done! I completed a number of laps back and forth - must find out how long this corridor is!!!
Interesting talk about DNA by an ex police Inspector.
We came into Kiel early this morning and have had a wander around.
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