The Cruise Blues

I must admit I had heard of the cruise blues but never ever experienced them - probably because we have never been on a cruise before!

We booked months and months ago and even though J thought it would be "like Butlins on water" even he has come back to dry land wanting to go on another.  We booked with P&O and had a lovely holiday in the med.  We all agree it really is a holiday, none of the old taking it in turns to read your book, look after the kids etc.

The cruise ship was massive ....

 

 

 apparently there were over 3000 passengers on board and 1500 employees, but with 19 decks and all that space it just didn't feel crowded at all.

This is a picture of the atrium.  I spent many a happy hour in here, having a coffee and people watching whilst J sat out on deck - he sat out that long one day he ended up looking like kung fu panda - forgot to take his sunglasses off whilst he was sunbathing !!

Most afternoons saw ballroom dancing classes.  It was lovely to watch, J wouldn't take part so I got him to promise we would learn when we got back to the UK.  That's another story. 

I found a dance class and off we went last Wednesday.  I was sooo looking forward to it but we didn't even walk through the door.  Stupid, but when we realised we would be the oldest in the class both of us chickened out.  How silly, I'll never get him back to another one.

For the record this is a photo of us both on one of the formal nights, we really enjoyed dressing up, the entertainment was superb as well

 

I met this guy when I went to buy his CDs after watching his first show... he was absolutely brilliant.  He is a fabulous musician and vocalist.  J led the standing ovation on the first night -  we went to see him again for his second performance - his name is Elio Pace, he tended to do cover versions on board the cruise - think Billy Joel.  This is his website, he makes my drive to work a lot more bearable at the moment - http://www.eliopace.com/EP/Elio_Pace_Official_Website.html

Anyway, bye for now - Cx