Martini days at sea

After sailing under the bridge last night the seas churned for most of the night. Being in the very front of the boat gives us a little more rocking but it also rocked the three of us to sleep! Today the sun came out around noon but it is now partly cloudy and very windy. Larkin and I took a walk inside as that was our only option! Note to Larkin to herself, remember NOT to accidentally drop ear buds down the open stairwells. It was found but quite the adventure and only ten flights of stairs to find it and get back to where we were.

The food of course is very good but having a scale in the bathroom keeps me thinking whether I truly want a few of the items. We look forward to trying all of the restaurants in this first five sea days and we know we can and will go back to each of them. Larkin and I can make our own tea in the room as we sit and write or read or work on school research. We feel blessed. Train your Dragon was on in the background as I write this. Fun!

The guest we’ve met are all amazing individuals. When walking down the hallways you note the magnetic name tags of all the travelers and where they’ve been on Regent cruises. For many this is their first Regents cruise. Larkin met a Colorado School of Mines Graduate before we even boarded the ship. He has granddaughters who are at Mines right now! Some days the world just seems a little too small. 299 people are going around the world with us and the other guests are rotating through after each segment.

When I am walking up and down the stairs I think of items to share for the non-world cruiser and then part times sets in and I can’t remember when I have a piece of paper in my hand. Wifi can be spotty but we are all keeping up our Duolingo languages – Larkin Norwegian, Michael Spanish and I am doing Italian!

Happy end of January! More to come!