First Days at Sea

The Queen Elizabeth is a magnificent ship.  It has lot of the old-world charm with many similarities to the decor on the Titanic. (OK …. maybe that’s a bad example, but you get the picture!)  Lots of wood and polished and brass throughout.  Cunard is a British cruise line and of course you’d expect to see statues and portraits of Queen Elizabeth and the royal family.

The first days crossing the Pacific have been a little rough. We have had 4 feet swells and we are sailing through rainstorms.  These big ships however, have amazing stabilizer systems which greatly reduces the motion.   This is not a fishing boat!

In order to cross the Pacific, we need to cruise through some Artic currents that run down the west coast of the Americas.  I wonder if these Artic/Alaskan currents are the ones that cause the waters of the Pacific to be cold.  I know swimming in the Pacific along the Chilean coast is quite cold. 

Rough seas are a little like being in an earthquake.  It happens, you hold on, wait for it to stop and then continue with what you are doing.  If the waters are choppy you rock along with the ship.  Frankly I find the rocking of the ship quite soothing at night

So far, I have met lots of Australians and New Zealanders, Brits and Scots, some Americans and Germans and a few from Spain.  People are generally friendly, proper and well behaved.  Afternoon tea daily at 4:00 PM.

Programming is diverse. So far, I am enjoying an unsolved murder mystery series of lectures given by a former detective from Scotland Yard.  There are evening performances after dinner.  And if you get bored there are always boutiques to shop in … and lots of food to eat. 

We did get to watch the Super Bowl via satellite.  The Falcons were robbed!!!!

The internet is very slow and expensive so I am writing off line … cutting and pasting onto the blog.  Don’t be offended if any of my e-mails are short.

Hope all is well!

Am having a fantastic time.

Bruce

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