Last Full Day at Sea

Another nice day here, partly cloudy but the sun bursts through occasionally and it’s very pleasant.  Seas are calm but we still get plenty of large swells.  I was eating breakfast this morning, looking out to some large windows at the back of the ship.  One moment I’m seeing nothing but sky, then nothing but water.  Surprised the ship is still moving so much.  Yesterday I did go for a run/walk on the jogging track.  It’s quite an interesting experience to jog when the ship is moving like that.  It’s really acting like a big teeter-totter so imagine running on that teeter-totter when one step you are running up and then it shifts and you are running down. 

Looking forward to seeing land tomorrow.  The bad news we just got is that we are running late due to the route we took and the one day of rough weather.  And because Rouen is tidal, we might not be able to enter the Seine River until about noon, and berth some 5 hours later.  It will mean plans for the day are scrapped. I’m not sure if we will have shuttles into town for the evening yet - that would be the only way we would see any of the town.  On the plus side, I can sleep in and still enjoy the trip up river.  And I'm glad he was thinking more about comfort that the on time arrival. 

More good food and wine last night.  I had been up to the Sunset bar before dinner.  It’s outdoors and at the back of the ship, and a great place to be with the evening sun.  To leave you have to walk through the Windows restaurant which is where the nightly buffet is held.  They were just bringing the food out as I left, the theme was Indian and it smelled very good.  I thought about staying for a moment but resisted.  Luckily for me the veggie entre in the main dining room was Indian.  Chick pea with these really nice rice cakes.

As for the complimentary wines, they change them every night and it seems to be a red and white from a particular country.  Last night was Italian, the red being a nice chianti.  And they are quite generous with the refills.  So as you walk out, the wine doesn’t exactly help your sense of balance as the ship moves about.  It’s quite funny to see many people staggering around trying to leave the restaurant!