Rough Sailing

 April 6, 2025

Today is reportedly going to be the roughest sailing of the trip with 14 foot waves.  I (Jan) am feeling mildly nauseous but Ed seems fine.  Walking is a challenge as you might imagine.  Shockingly, I’ve yet to see anyone fall despite the prevalence of a lot of orthopaedically and neurologically impaired folks on board.*  Our shower door is a slider and it slammed shut in the middle of the night and slammed open (yes, an opening slam) then shut again.  I got up and put some towels in the track to fix that.  Whew!

We moved our clocks ahead once again last night - this is tough!  We have lost an hour per day for the last five days making going to daylight savings time seem like nothing.  After a tiny breakfast (our choice) we went to the one quiet room on board.  In the evening it’s a French bistro but during the day we can go there and play cards or games which are provided. Some folks who didn’t know each other were playing bridge near us (well, one couple didn’t know the other) and it was hard not to eavesdrop.  One gentleman would immediately tell the group what he had in his hand as soon as he got his cards.  Ummm, no!  Frustration was building in one of his opponents who had no trouble expressing it.  Yikes!

Professor emerita Elaine Leeder gave another great talk on Pisa, Nice, Villefranche and Florence.  She is a delightfully retired 80 year old.  I would attend any lecture she gave  - a teacher extraordinaire. 

Tonight we are attending a “Beatles Through the Years” concert.  We shall see…**

*Post script: apparently many people did fall as the next day there were several folks with black eyes some of whom also had forehead lacerations.  

**Re: the “Beatles” - we didn’t return for any of their additional concerts.  That’s how good they were.