Ship’s Position @ 11:30 am (Ship’s Time)

30°20′28″ N 58°3′1″ W

We turned our clocks ahead again last night. So we are now 2 hours ahead of EDST.

Today it’s totally overcast but the temperature is holding at 20 degrees C. The temperature in this part of the ocean is slightly over 20. Higher than I thought it would be.

I took the photo above from the Skywalker lounge at the back of the ship. Nice panoramic view from up here but the entire room shakes a bit – like a train traveling at high speed. I don’t think I’d want to be up here in a storm.

The water has calmed since yesterday. Swells are only about 2 – 4 feet & the number of whitecaps has dropped by more than half. Hopefully this will continue, although I am a little concerned because the ship’s staff have been placing barf bags in conveniently accessible locations around the ship.

Not sure if that’s an indication of what’s to come (weather wise) or if it’s one of the passenger’s critique on the food from the buffet. I’ll keep you posted on that 😉

The Captain announced that we have travelled over 1,200 nautical miles since leaving Florida & that we have passed the halfway point of our journey to the Azores Islands.

I’m still finding lots of interesting things to do to pass the time. The cruise line has become quite progressive in their programs. This afternoon I’m attending a seminar that will help me make it through the rest of the trip. I was going to take the ballroom dance class but I’ve decided to save that for another trip when Catherine is with me.

Gotta go – it’s almost time for the seminar & I want to grab a snack at the buffet before it begins.

Bon Appeit!