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Monday 15th April – Day at Sea.
A quiet day for us – we didn’t
fancy the lectures but the weather was pleasant. We didn’t go to the quiz in
the evening as Paul and Kim were singing in Scotts Bar, so “the old lags” went
to support them instead.
Tuesday 16th April – Day at Sea.
Well, we were planning another
quiet day – until Nesta was asked by Andrea and Paul to take part in the “crossing
of the line” ceremony. Apparently, like the Equator, when someone crosses the
Tropic of Cancer for the first time on board ship, a ceremony is held. Not to
let the fact that we had already crossed it on the way out get in the way of a
party, Nesta accepted the invitation!
She duly dressed up in old
pyjama trousers and a T-Shirt and was well and truly covered in jelly, cold
baked-beans and pink blancmange! What’s more, Ian has the video to prove it!!
The lectures continue to
underwhelm… not sure of the relevance of learning about the Inuit Peoples of
the Arctic (unless, of course, we plan to take a more northerly route home than
advertised!)
In the evening we entered the
team trivia quiz again but found it involved filling in the “blanks” in obscure
country and western songs' lyrics that no-one had heard of. We guessed well and
came second – so no free wine!!
Wednesday 17th April – Hamilton, Bermuda.
“Happy Birthday Jean!”
She was a solo passenger
on-board from Montego Bay to Valparaiso and a great friend of Austin, Wes and
Martin. She lives in Bermuda and realised that Voyager would be in Hamilton on
her birthday so invited us to her birthday party!
Bermuda is a lovely island,
but you need money! Starting price of houses is $800,000! If you are a
foreigner, though, the only way you can buy one is to marry a Bermudian or have
a spare $4,000,000 lying around!
We went to the Royal Bermuda
Yacht Club for Jean’s party, with a few special people from Voyager, and met
some of her friends from the island – including Mervyn looking resplendent in
Bermuda Shorts and Len, originally from Bournemouth, who bought property in
Bermuda twenty years ago and has lived there ever since…
They were all very friendly
and it was nice to taste fresh fruit and vegetables!!!
The wine flowed so there was
no need for Nesta to have her medicine when we sailed!
As we left Bermuda, Jean and
her friends were to be seen waving their balloons from the Yacht Club wishing
us Bon Voyage!
A really good day and one of
the places we would come back to…
The Voyager Guests
Lot of mention of wine and food (and more wine), but no mention of the gym yet!!?
ReplyDeleteGym got off several cruises ago!!
DeleteWell done Nesta - Good equator initiation ceremony...and look at you guys partying with the rich and famous. I'll move there when I have the odd 4 million!! xx :)
ReplyDeleteApologies - should read more carefully - Tropic of Cancer ceremony!!
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