22nd November, 2017 Start of our Atlantic Crossing en-route to Fort de France Marinique

We woke to a perfect morning and this is the first day of our Trans Atlantic crossing.   We are excited as to this period of relazxation and involvement and engagement in the various ship activities.

We also have 3 specialty restaurants booked for several evening with friends as well as dinner with other couples in the Main dining room.

So it is not intended to give a detailed daily explanation of activities, but we have a range of activities and engagements which make the days exciting and interesting.  As well as this we do 2 loads of washing and have all of our clothing washed and pressed.   We will do a final load on the last day before disembarking in Miami.

Ken uses the gym, has a swim and walks daily.  We do attend a wonderful afternoon tea with ice carvings, chocolate specials and superb entertainment.

There is also wonderful entertainment with several new entertainers joining at the last port and then the Production crew of singers and dancers do two new shoes,  called " World Beat" followed by the Ship's crew repeating  their traditional farewell and then "What the World Needs Now ".  Just wonderful shows and spectacular costumes.

We decide to eat breakfast each morning in the Main Dining room by our selves, but decide to try and do different things at lunch, whilst also enjoying a couple of less formal afternoon teas.

Dinner is in the Polo Grill,  then Jacques, the French Restaurant, followed by the Italian Restaurant, with nights in between in the Main Dining Room.

We dine with Ann and Jerry Hicks in the Main Dining room, where they have used the same table with the same wait staff.  we enjoy a terrific evening and look forward to seeing them in the States.   We will return to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where we have friends Sandy and Karen.

Alternatively we also dined with Karen and rich and we hope to see them in Sydney in February, 2018.

The ship also does several different things including the Country Market day up on the sun deck, which is an entertaining period of activity with all sorts of fun games.

In the afternoon there is usually a new film.

Each evening we do meet friends for a drink in one of the bars ( preferably Martini Lounge) before dining. 

It is also a chance to relax and recover from the very busy period of daily port visits and hectic excursions.  On our case Ken has struggled with walking and the period at sea has let him rest and the knees and ankles feel, better at least in the short term.

The days and the time passes very quickly.  this is our 3rd Transatlantic Cruise and we love them and will do more.