At Sea

October 1, Day One at Sea

We departed LA yesterday shortly after 5pm, to a bright sunny sky and blue seas. Our first meal in the dinning room was very good. Sharon and I had a fillet mignon that was cooked to perfection and very tender.

Then it was back to the room to finish unpacking and putting everything away. Once that was done we were pretty beat after another long day so off to bed we went.

Thanks to a gentle rock most of the night we both slept very soundly and didn’t wake up until just before 7am (which was extremely unusual for us). As we had a 10am Cruise Critic meeting, we slowly got around and went to breakfast.

The Cruise Critic meeting was held in the Crows Nest and it was really nice meeting up with friends from previous cruises and meeting new folks. We had the Hotel Manager and the Shore Excursion Manager there that welcomed us aboard.

After lunch Sharon went to the room while I checked out one of the Digital Workshop classes. The Digital Workshop classes seem to be slanted more toward folks that don’t have much experience with computers (which is fine) and the instructor onboard the Amsterdam (Trish) seems very knowledgeable and very at ease in a classroom environment.

Went I went back to the room there was a horrid smell in the passageway that smelled like paint fumes. It was even worse in our room and Sharon had a really bad headache from it. After complaining about it three different times they finally admitted that they had been painting in the aft part of the ship, and put an ozone machine in our room to clear it out.

Finally, after returning to our room after dinner, everything has been taken care of. We went to the evening movie which was The Proposal. Even though movie critics were not impressed with it, we thought it was quite funny and well worth seeing.

We have five more days at sea before we hit our first port, Nuka Hiva. Unless something really earth shattering happens between now and then, this will be my last post until October 7, after we leave there for Papeete.

Cheers!