DAY FIVE

We are now at the midpoint of our Transatlantic Crossing and finally had some sunshine. It felt so good to feel the warmth. It was still windy but the sun made a huge difference. Every day we set the clocks ahead one hour – meaning, we lose an hour at mid-day. Somehow this is not easy to deal with. This afternoon we went to see a movie again, The Wolf of Wall Street, at the Illuminations Theatre and we had to rush getting ready for dinner.

In the morning after breakfast we checked out some dance classes. First Ballroom dancing with Wilfried and Ilona as instructors. They taught the Quick-Step today. Right after was some line dancing lesson. Tomorrow we will participate in the Ballroom class and learn the Rumba. That should be fun.

I took a lot of pictures today and will post them once I have reliable internet connection. There is no high speed internet on the ship and to upload pictures would take forever.

Dinner once again was lovely. Everything was very tasty and beautifully presented. The staff, on any level of service, from the Officers to the maintenance personnel are all very helpful and always nice. I spoke to one of the waitresses today, she is from Lithuania, and she told me that she is on her second crossing and that she is enjoying her job a lot. The staff provides a composition of 57 different nationalities! The restaurant Britannia, our dinner restaurant, serves 12,000 meals per day! Tomorrow we actually have the opportunity to visit the kitchen and watch the activities that lead up to our evening feast.

The last two days were informal days and we could stay somewhat casual. Tomorrow is another formal day. It is interesting to see the variety of styles and tastes in fashion and the understanding of formal and informal dress code.

But for now I need to get some sleep. It’s almost 1:00 am and we have another busy day ahead.