Sea Days

Wednesday 1^st October to Saturday 4^th October 2014

Ok I will admit before coming on this cruise, I was unsure if I’d like a lot of Sea Days or not.

But I like them a lot, a chance to unwind, chill and just watch as the sea passes by from one of the public decks where chairs or recliners have been place strategically.

This is another 5 days at Sea before reaching New Zealand, we lose a day crossing the International Date line, so anyone celebrating their birthday or anniversary on the 3^rd October missed it, but they were encouraged to celebrate on the 2^nd or 4^th.

Wednesday morning was a lazy morning, with no rush to be anywhere, and we just did as we pleased, checked out the shops again. Don’t know why because it is just the same stuff that was there yesterday and every other day since we boarded. Ate some more went to the show etc etc etc.

Thursday looked like it was going to be a repeat of Wednesday, but alas it didn’t.

I was on my way to the Windjammer when of all things to happen, I found myself on the floor, landing heavily on my left knee. Ouch, I tried to sit up and help was right there, all my knights (not in shining armour) but in shorts & t-shirts and some wonderful ladies helped me to my feet and over to the closest chair.

I was still shaking, and boy was my knee sore. Staff from the ship came to assist and called the medical centre that sent up a wheelchair for me. It was very busy down in the medical centre who took x-rays of my knee and good news it’s not broken, although the ligaments have taken a battering and that is what is hurting. Franc from the dining room must’ve been on the door at the Windjammer and came to see what all the commotion was about, noticed it was me and his compassion was touching. I think he was told to go back to work.

I was told by the doctor to rest, ice, compress and elevate for a couple of days and to go back to see him on Sunday.

I did rest and even ordered room service for lunch, but dinnertime was a different story.

Both Franc and Elaenora were happy to see me. It was a lovely meal.

We made it to the show and enjoyed it, before retiring to our cabin.

Okay, so we skipped Friday and Saturday was it, another late morning I think not, as we were woken by the phone. My room service breakfast was on its way. Oops I forgot about that, I hid under the covers and mum panicked a bit (Not enough time to get dressed and a robe we didn’t have.

After breakfast, I decided to get dressed and we relaxed and I started this post. After a while I wanted to get some fresh air, so we made our way slowly and me using the rails or anything that was sturdy for balance to deck 11, avoiding the accident zone and sat near the Doghouse Café.

Fresh air it was, have noticed a drop in the temperature, must’ve happened as we crossed the dateline.

We had some visitors to our cabin at lunch time, which came to see how I was. (Our travelling companions.  We missed the Behind the Stripes with the Chief Engineer, but luckily for me it was replayed later in the day on our TV’s

I was naughty and left our cabin again to go see the Captain speak in the Theatre for a session that was called “Captains Corner” which was so interesting to hear him speak about the Radiance of the Seas in relation to its size, what powers it, and almost everything else that most people would be interested to know. It was followed up by a Q & A session, which mum and I thought some of the questions were really quite stupid, but others were more insightful. The Captain was brilliant and said if he couldn’t answer he would follow it up.

We came back to our cabin and rested, when mum received a phone call from our friends to say they would be joining us for Dinner in Cascades. We met at 6pm and were assigned a different table, away from Elaeonora (who came to see where we were) and Franc. Our servers were Agnelo & Joao (I think that is how it is spelt). They made a fuss of our friends once they discovered it was their first visit to the restaurant. They were good.

It was too late for the first show, which was the second production for the RC Dancers and singers, so we came back to the cabin for a bit. Although we did go down earlier before the crowds and managed to get a good seat where I could stretch out my leg. It was a good show and I am hoping I got some good photos (I didn’t use the flash.

I was so tired when we came back to the cabin, I was asleep almost instantly.