This glorious voyage continues across a typically lacklustre ocean as noticeable north-westerlies continue to make their mark outside. Breakfast this morning was merely a bowl of oatmeal in the Kings Court, with plain yoghurt. Brian Hawley in his second lecture departed from his prime subject of ocean liner history, and gave a fascinating account of the Vanderbilt family from its supposedly humble beginnings to its almost unsurpassed heights of unimaginable opulence. The belief that money doesn’t buy happiness and contentment was evidenced in this informative presentation.
Below, I am going to attempt a few pictures.
R.M.S. at Southampton being prepared for her transatlantic crossing later in the afternoon of Friday 31st May.
Inside the cruise terminal
My accommodation for the next 7 nights.
Boat Drill.
Royal Caribbean’s “Adventure of the Seas” leaves Southampton, as seen from my stateroom.
Views from QM2 as she leaves Southampton.
My view for the next six days, with a Navigational Report from the current Daily Programme. I have just booked a brief Norwegian cruise in a deck 2 single stateroom. This is for August next year and is a mere seven nights. But I get to see the country I visited on my very first trip abroad in 1962, all of 57 years ago!
David.
David's Cruise 