Day 2 at sea – and our last full day on board

We have 475 miles to sail from Aruba to San Juan.

In total we have sailed 1782 miles.  1 nautical miles = 1.15 land miles.

As at 12 noon we were 95 nautical miles south of Puerto Rico, sea depth of 4800 metres (over 14,000 feet), and it’s 27 deg.

Thanks, Gaye, for your e-mail saying it’s golly cold in Melbourne – yeah, we’re really looking forward to getting back to cold weather – not!  Although we are looking forward to getting home and seeing the cats.

Awake at 7.15am and down to the main dining room for an a la carte breakfast, which we haven’t done before.  We then went on a Galley Tour at 9.30am, which took us through two of the six galleys on board, and took about half an hour.  Then up to the theatre to see “Millennium Has Talent” which was some of the non-entertainment crew showing off their talents, eg singing, dancing, juggling.  A bit of fun.

They then brought onto the stage some of the crew including officers and the Captain, to rapturous applause:

Stayed to watch On Point perform a couple of songs:

Then back to our cabin to get the laptop and go to the café to post some blogs which we hadn’t done for a couple of days – very busy, this holiday business!  Bought our formal photos on the way back to our room, into our togs and up to the pool for a couple of hours.  Had a couple of slices of pizza for lunch, so no foodie blog necessary there.  The entertainment crew were out in full force with a band playing, then one of the chefs came and carved an eagle from a huge block of ice, then an officers’ vs passengers’ pool volleyball game – which the passengers won for the first time in 10 years.  Ice creams on the way back to our room, then packing.  We keep an overnight bag in our cabin, and all other suitcases have to be outside our room between 4-11pm.  A few days ago we filled in a form with our departure details, and last night numbered tags were delivered to our cabin according to what time we disembark.  It’s not like checking out of a hotel!  At 8am we are Group 14.  We have a full ship as all the cabins are in use, however at 2,000 passengers we are not at full capacity as there are very few kids on board.  I think our total ship capacity is something like 2,200 passengers.  Casual night tonight so no dressing up necessary.  7pm show in the theatre was a round-up of the solo entertainers we’ve seen so far.  Up to Cosmos to watch On Point one last time, then a final dinner with Terry and Chuck before going to bed on the ship for the last time.  Definitely looking forward to getting home to our own bed.