Fifth day at sea.  I have no ill effects and even walking is natural now.  The rock and sway is fine -- like sitting in my basket chair.

We do our workouts -- Joanna runs and stretches and does her physio, I do my walking and then my resistance workouts with bands and weights.  The gym is well equipped and has not been too crowded.

We do our crafts -- Joanna is making progress on her diamond dots and my birds of paradise are taking shape.  There are some nice tables on deck 16, sheltered so our work doesn't fly away because outside it is quite windy, but with a great view to the ocean.  Yes, it looks the same all the time.  The navigation report at noon every day says that the waves are 2.5 m, but up there they seem like ripples.  We are going about 17 knots, that's about 31 kmph.

We have lost four hours so far, one each night for the past four.  So now we are all set for Ponta Delgada tomorrow.  Since the whole schedule goes with the time, there is no problem.

The shows are nice.  Last evening was the ABBA show with dancers and high energy.  Good music too!  Today we saw a sand artist.  That was unusual but she is extremely talented to be able to draw just with sand in her hands.

The staff does different things with the food.  Yesterday it was the German FruhSchoppen with really nice sausages, sauerkraut, salads and pretzels.  They made a baguette about 10 meters long and served everyone slices.  The desserts aren't my cup of tea, but I can enjoy cheese and fruit.  There is delicious gelato on the main level and it isn't even too costly.  Today was a rice festival, which we discovered after we had lunch and couldn't figure out why everything was rice.

Every deck has a composer associated with it.  We are on deck 10 -- Gershwin.  Coming down from 16, I always recite:  (Don't mind the baby, Peppa Pig goes).  Debussy, Marchionne, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Pagionne, Puccini, Gershwin.  And from us down to the main commercial/entertainment deck 6: (So we venture back) Strauss, Wagner, Verdi and Beethoven.  

I don't plan to go to the main show this evening -- another show by the juggling/equilibrium guy, but they are playing Twisters on the big screen by the pool  F1 was great there a few nights ago.

The temperature is getting cooler every day, both air and sea.  We started with sea temp at 27 and are now down to 22.  I will swim in Ponta Delgada if it is 20 or above.

We are doing well!