Life begins at fjord-ty: Day 7 - At Sea

[wickesy]

Today’s Patter (click for full size)

Today was the day I had been waiting for for a long time - a day (or night) when the sun would not set at all. It was also a sea day so no need to get up early and in fact I didn’t make a note of the time we did get up but I think it was about 8:30 or so.

After getting ready we went up for breakfast and then spent the morning sitting in the Explorers Lounge before going up to the Trident Grill for a hot dog at lunchtime, Dad went to the Horizon Court and I joined him there as it was cold on deck.

After lunch I had a wander round taking photos then went back to the Explorers Lounge for a while before going to the Princess Theatre for a talk by one of the ship’s officers on how the ship is navigated etc.

After the talk I did a couple of laps of the Promenade Deck then spent the rest of the afternoon in the Explorers Lounge.

7:00 was cocktail time then dinner tonight was Caesar salad for me, salmon and crayfish tails for Dad, ****-a-leekie soup for both of us then Irish stew for Dad and lemon sole fillets for me followed by toffee ice cream for Dad and lemon meringue pie for me.

After dinner we had our brandies and as the sun wasn’t setting tonight I stayed up to see what the ’midnight sun’ actually looks like. At midnight I went out to take some photos and I was surprised at how calm the sea was.

After taking the photos I went to bed ready for a day out to the North Cape, the most Northerly point in Europe tomorrow.

Day 8

 

[irongirlof12]

Lovely day relaxing

 

[Chilly]

was it disorientating with it not being dark?

 

[wickesy]

was it disorientating with it not being dark?

It wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. As we were on fixed dining we were still following a kind of daily routine on the ship so it was strange rather than disorientating. The curtains in the cabin did a good job of blocking out the light as well so sleeping wasn't a problem, although I did overhear one guy saying that he had woken up, looked outside and thought it was time to get up but it was still only 2am!

 

[loobzuk]

absolutely fascinating! Love the pictures of your cabin and your balcony - could picture myself sat there looking out to sea!

 

[florida sun]

Oh I love the look of that balcony, great pics again David