We left Italy last night and have rough weather again today. I think this time it's at least a 5 metre swell and we had lightning and hail on deck around breakfast time this morning. Thankfully I have a cast iron gut when it comes to the rock and roll of a ship on rough seas. I'll chalk that up to holiday voyages on the Cook Strait Ferry as a young girl. The Cook Strait is the water between the North and South Islands of New Zealand and supposedly one of the roughest stretches of water in the world.
I think quite a few people have popped sea-sickness pills today and the halls are a bit emptier than normal so I suspect some are limiting themselves to their staterooms.
On Deck 2 it is possible to look out windows that are very close to the water line and its fun to watch the ship's wake smash against incoming waves and actually look upwards into the splash. Occasionally a sneak wave will splash up over the windows and make you want to jump back even though there's no way you'd get wet. From the look of the safety stamps, there are 4 layers of glass between us and the Mediterranean.
But Cunard are right. Queen Mary 2 is the greatest ocean liner in the world. The key distinction here is "ocean liner". She was not built as a cruise ship, but rather for the trans-Atlantic crossings. Even in rough weather like this she is far more stable than I expected.
We have sea days for the next 3 days before reaching Le Havre in France. There is still much to do on top of the customary Dinner+Show that we've had every night since leaving Dubai. We're going classical for the next couple of days; "Opera Babes" and a violinist whose name escapes me. I've just passed the theatre and seen the practice run - it seems we are in for Vivaldi's Winter set to lighting resembling this morning's storm.
So much to write about, so little time ...
I think quite a few people have popped sea-sickness pills today and the halls are a bit emptier than normal so I suspect some are limiting themselves to their staterooms.
On Deck 2 it is possible to look out windows that are very close to the water line and its fun to watch the ship's wake smash against incoming waves and actually look upwards into the splash. Occasionally a sneak wave will splash up over the windows and make you want to jump back even though there's no way you'd get wet. From the look of the safety stamps, there are 4 layers of glass between us and the Mediterranean.
But Cunard are right. Queen Mary 2 is the greatest ocean liner in the world. The key distinction here is "ocean liner". She was not built as a cruise ship, but rather for the trans-Atlantic crossings. Even in rough weather like this she is far more stable than I expected.
We have sea days for the next 3 days before reaching Le Havre in France. There is still much to do on top of the customary Dinner+Show that we've had every night since leaving Dubai. We're going classical for the next couple of days; "Opera Babes" and a violinist whose name escapes me. I've just passed the theatre and seen the practice run - it seems we are in for Vivaldi's Winter set to lighting resembling this morning's storm.
So much to write about, so little time ...
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Just after I wrote this the Commodore came on and said that we are experiencing 50 knott winds, otherwise known as "strong gales". We will pass close to Majorca in a couple of hours, and the Rock of Gibraltar at around 7am tomorrow.
and then what ....... did the butler do it ??????
Professor Plumb in the Library with a Candlestick. =)
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