At sea

Our second day at sea. Was lovely to embark on the ship - a sister ship to the Dawn Princess on which we sailed to the UK so everything is familiar. Clare delivered us to the ship - an accident closed the Gateway so we were a little late getting there. Plus, Clare had car trouble so, Clare, I hope you got home and are not stuck somewhere on the Bruce Highway. We had to have champagne to celebrate sailing so have dutifully included a photo. You could certainly see where Beachmere was when we sailed past. Great plumes of smoke spreading up into the air and inland. Hope our houses are still there and that the bushfires are now out. Not as relaxed as the 8 week cruise - only three days at sea and we seem to be fitting a lot into them. Haven't been asked to leave any venues yet so our behaviour musn't be too silly. Louise and Carol are enjoying themselves and rushing off to various activities all day. Food great. We did a wine tasting last night - three of us had red and Louise white. I have my free winetasting tomorrow as an ELITE member. Was embarassing when we boarded, they just took us to the head of the queue and pushed us in - don't think the people behind were very happy but it got us into lunch a lot quicker. Formal night tonight, the first of three. It's now 5.30 and have to be all formalled up by 7.00 (and look stunning) should have started earlier. Haven't even come close to winning trivia - but as they say, if at first you don't succeed. Spend most of the time laughing and not listening to the questions so what can you expect. Matter of fact, we spend a great deal of our time laughing and having fun so can't complain.