April 15, 2015 - AT SEA

It's not a bad way to travel! Today is a sea day so I did my normal routine. Sleep in, acupuncture at 10, sun on the Lido deck for an hour, lunch, dance lesson, presentation on the next port of call, gin and tonic, shower for dinner, dinner, dancing, show, back to dancing, and then head to bed. Not a bad life at all!

When I was packing for this trip I brought some canvases and paints, my Zen tangle notebook, and my exercise stretch strap. I planned on losing 20 pounds while I was gone, which is reasonable since it's 55 days.

Well I did paint one picture for Gerry who left in Barcelona; I did draw a couple of days; the exercise stretch strap is still in the closet; the treadmill that has my name on it is broken (what a shame!); And I don't think I put on any weight but I sure as hell didn't lose any. Maybe I'll do better when I go to Italy. WHAT?????

While I was on the Lido deck this morning I noticed an island on the starboard side(now I'm trying to sound professional but I have no idea which is the starboard side or the port side) and the captain happened to be standing there talking to another officer. So I walked up to him and said "I know if no one else you will know the answer to this. What is the name of that island?" He said to me, "well, I'm really not sure; that's why we have navigators on the ship. But I will have the answer for you when I make my announcement at 12:45." He came over about 10 minutes later while I was having lunch to inform me that it was the island of Cyprus I thanked him and we both had a good laugh.

Tomorrow we are in Turkey.