Not Red Bay Labrador

My day started very early with a commotion in the hallway outside our cabin at 1am. There were people talking then a vacuum cleaner running- very unusual at 1 am. I got up and some of our carpet was wet. It appears a pipe had burst and things needed to be dried. They set up a drier in our room throughout the day. Visits and calls from the Guest Relations staff and finally a plate of chocolate for us in the evening.

So instead of Red Bay, Labrador we had another sea day and we busied ourselves with a variety of on-board activities. I went to a talk about Captain Bligh and his career, did a 5km run on the elliptical trainer , and went to another wine tasting. Deen went to another cooking demonstration and the wine tasting.

At lunch the Captain came on the PA and said they've seen lots of icebergs and whales on the radar but of course we saw none of this due to the fog. Deen is getting more anxious to see some whales which apparently other passengers have seen.






A couple of pictures from on board - a photo of the main dining room then the on board gym. More to follow.

Holland America Line (HAL) tends to the older passenger although there are certainly younger people than us on board ,the clientele is definitely older. Lots of people mobility impaired. So last night walking to dinner , Deen using her cane, we actually passed people slower than us.

We've gone through a few time changes and are now 2 hours ahead of Eastern Time. Because it's all so gradual you don' t really notice it. They also publish two short daily newspapers: the New York Times Digest and another called The Canadian.

Pictured below is a shot of the atrium, our dinner companions Henny, Keese, and Diane with Deen, the ever changing map of the ship' s position, and the carpet in the elevator- after a few days at sea it is very easy to forget things like what day it is.



For those interested I have now purchased two baseball caps: one at Fenway Park in Boston commemorating Fenway's 100th anniversary and another from HAL. Another sea day tomorrow as we head to Nanortalik, Greenland for Friday.
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Location:Somewhere between Newfoundland and Greenland