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TWO DAYS AT SEA

We started this day that has also “lived in infamy” by joining Gabor on the aft deck

(level 6) for some morning stretching. He is Hungarian with a thick accent but he

demonstrates well what he wishes us to do. There are seven of us ladies eager to pull

our muscles and try to get the blood circulating at 8 AM Though Gabor looks hung

over, we think he is just sleepy at that hour. He has a “boom box” and plays New Age

music to accompany (or perhaps drown out) our creaking joints, groaning muscles

and snapping tendons. It was a good workout and we felt better (at least virtuous) for

having had to courage to get up on deck at that hour.

The sea is amazingly calm which is excellent since they are still calibrating the

stabilizers. After our quite Spartan breakfast (egg & bacon only), Kay felt a little

queasy and decided that she had better lie down a while to give things a chance to

settle. We both had put on our sea-bands after the exercise session, but the ship had

a decided rolling motion which was the cause of Kay’s unstable stomach. The sky is

“paintable” because of the wonderful clouds spread across the blue bowl over our

heads. The temperature is in the 70s and just delightful. So glad that I decided to

bring a couple of pairs of shorts.

Kay concentrated on settling her stomach while I finished up the New Yorker I had

brought with us. We waited for the l0 AM mandatory safety drill. International

Regulations require that these drills take place within the first 24 hours of a voyage.

So up to the Leda Lounge, we went at the appointed hour, carrying our life vests as

instructed. There John gave us the information necessary and then we put on the

vests and headed for Muster Station A where we lined up as regulations require. John

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