sea day – Kit and Simon http://kitandsimon.com Do North America (Eventually) Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:19:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Day 9: Sea Day http://kitandsimon.com/2015/07/day-9-sea-day/ http://kitandsimon.com/2015/07/day-9-sea-day/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2015 23:00:41 +0000 http://kitandsimon.com/?p=73 Ok, the sea days are getting a bit challenging. I mean I like trivia, but the ship does feel a bit crowded during sea days. Especially because we aren’t having the best weather (between 10-14ºC and wet) no one is really spending their time outside, which would allow you to spread out more.

Both DJ Krazy Prince (who hails from Jamaica and it appears some sort of DJ moniker is required) and our main activity host Kahbir (who is from Toronto) are great and keep the quizzes and other entertainment interesting. We are struggling to get any major success in our trivia. Mostly because I suspect we haven’t found a regular group of people to integrate with to become a larger team.

We also did a dinner for the second time at Tuscan Grill, which is one of the speciality dining restaurants on board. We dined there the first night and the food is of good quality, easily something you would pay for on shore, the Tuscan Grill isn’t as unique as the Q-Sine, but we bought a 5 dinner package which means that we have to go to Q-Sine and Tuscan Grill twice and their upscale Murano once.

]]> http://kitandsimon.com/2015/07/day-9-sea-day/feed/ 0 Day 7: Sea Day http://kitandsimon.com/2015/07/day-7-sea-day/ http://kitandsimon.com/2015/07/day-7-sea-day/#respond Fri, 03 Jul 2015 23:00:32 +0000 http://kitandsimon.com/?p=69 Simon is still feeling a bit under the weather, but finally makes it out of the room. Good thing it is a sea day because I think he wouldn’t have been able to take too much. We attend a couple of trivia sessions and take it fairly easy, though Simon retires early, but again leaves me to my own devices.

Early this morning we crossed into the Arctic Circle for the second time (as we arrived in Akureyri we also crossed). I think we ended up with less than 2 hours of “sunset” and it didn’t even set until sometime early this morning.

I find myself now seeking out these other couples that I have met, having a great time just talking about life in general. There are several couples from the UK, including BA employees, teachers, ex-police officers, all sorts. I am finding it energising being able to talk to people, who might be slightly older than Simon and myself, but have had similar life experiences.

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