View across the ocean this morning
Today was a scheduled day to travel at sea. However, it started much later than planned. We were to weigh anchor in Warnemunde at about 9 pm, but shortly after that the captain came on the pa system and announced that we would not leave until 1 am. It was extremely windy, and the port authorities did not want the ship to leave. Tonight at supper one of our table partners had been in the British navy, and suggested that this ship is so tall that it would have been too hard to control in the wind. We did eventually set sail at about 3:45 this morning, but I went back to sleep afterwards, as it seemed to be a very smooth departure.
Legend of the Seas pool
After breakfast today we sat on the upper deck by the pool and read. It was a much nicer day than yesterday, and warm where we sat behind the windows in the sun. After lunch we walked around the jogging track, but only did a mile. I’m not sure that will burn off all the extra calories that I have been taking in with the rich meals!
In mid afternoon we went to a talk about St. Petersburg, a sales pitch for the cruise tours, but interesting nevertheless as it filled in a bit of information about Russian history.
Supper tonight was supposed to be formal night. However, we have no formal attire, as we’re travelling pretty light having to haul our suitcases around the cobblestone streets of Europe. I did have on a reasonably clean pair of pants and shirt though! We sat at a table of eight tonight. We’ve been by ourselves before, but tonight the side we usually sit on seemed to be almost empty. The people we sat with were interesting though, another Canadian couple from Ottawa, the rest from the US. We had a good conversation about many topics, ranging from the Falklands war to marijauna in Colorado.