Friday 10^th April 2015 – Day at Sea.

The weather was hot and sunny with quite a nice breeze so we sat in the sun for an hour before going to see a presentation by David Campese. Ian quite enjoyed it but Nesta took her book into the theatre and finished her “murder mystery” during the talk!

After choir rehearsal, we decided we would sit on our balcony and watch the sea go by. We ordered beef fajitas from room service and sat out until it was dark. (We did get some lovely sunset pictures, though)

Didn’t fancy any of the evening entertainment so went to the pub for a couple of pints, whilst putting in another mediocre quiz performance.

We then ate in the restaurant – as we had some wine to finish off - and then back to the cabin to try and stay awake long enough to go to sleep at a reasonable hour, as the clocks go back yet again tonight!

 

Saturday 11^th April 2015 – Day at Sea.

We were invited by the Captain, Deputy Captain, Chief Engineer and Hotel Manager to join them for cocktails at 11am… We felt this was a bit early, as we hadn’t had breakfast, but we gave it a go! Ian managed a glass of champagne and Nesta excelled with a Bloody Mary and a Bucks Fizz!

We just had time for a bit of brunch before the last choir rehearsal prior to our performance…I know we’ve said it before but this time (without Katherine’s expertise) we are not ready – so who knows what the concert will sound like.

We collected our passports after the rehearsal, which we’ll need for the one-to-one South African immigration procedure, and then spent a quiet afternoon on our balcony before more free wine and cheese at a “fine arts” reception.

We’re not sure how our names got on their list although we do quite like a painting that is a “snip” at only $5000 (plus postage)!

When the wine ran out we headed up to the Winter gardens for another quiz. Once again, we were nowhere near winning so we shot through to watch “Jon Courtenay, The Comedy, The Show”… He was actually funny – although a lot of his surreal “British” type humour was lost on a large number of the audience.

Nothing else took our fancy – not even another “Roaring Twenties Ball” (yes, people do dress up for these things) and we didn’t even want any food - so it was back to the cabin where Ian watched day three of the US Masters and Nesta played Lego Harry Potter on her DS