Queen Mary 2 - Day 3 at Sea!

Today I woke up at 5am ship time again (and we did set the clocks back an hour again), but we don't set the clocks back tonight so hopefully I will sleep later ;) Today was the first day that was not bright and sunny in the morning! But by noon the sun had come out for a bit (it is foggy and grey again now).

When I went up to get breakfast the deck was still closed off even though it was much less windy, but it was really wet so I didn't think I would get to swim today. However a bit later I thought I would check again and people were walking outside so I found the open door and went for a nice swim. I love being able to swim every day! It wasn't as rocky as yesterday, but it wasn't as flat as the first day and it was still a lot of fun!

Afterwards I was rushing around as I was trying to get to a watercolor class, but by the time I got there it was already full. Oh well, maybe tomorrow I can arrive earlier and actually take the class! I did get a watercolor book from the library and might work through some of that tomorrow as well.

Then it was time for morning trivia, which I played by myself, but there was another single lady sitting next to me playing. I was going to ask if she wanted to join forces, but she really looked like she wanted to be alone so I left her be. We did swap papers to check the answers and we were both like we should have teamed up! I knew things she didn't and she knew things I didn't (though we still wouldn't have won). She was like if we see each other again let's work together so that was nice.

After lunch there was a music trivia round I thought I would go play. When I got there there was only a 4 seat table open so I sat there and shortly after this older couple came in that everyone working there knew and they sat at a table next to me for 2 people that had opened up, but I heard the lady say "but what about Adrian?" and she was facing my way so I waved to her and asked if they wanted to join me since I had room and they popped right on over. They were super nice and a lot of fun. They are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on July 6 and so celebrating on the ship. They have sailed on the Queen Mary 2 loads of times and they just love it! We also got 35/40 points on the quiz which was WAY more than I would have gotten by myself! I knew most of the songs, but wouldn't have come up with a lot of the titles or the artists so that was fun. We didn't win, the winner had 37, but we got close! And I really enjoyed chatting with them. They are another one that if we see each other again we can play a round together.

Yesterday in the gallery I saw some pieces from the artist Philip Gray that I really liked, some oil and some oil pastel ones which I don't see very often. In the program last night I saw there was going to be a talk on him and it said he is considered the Bear Grylls of the art world so I obviously had to go check that out. The speaker wasn't very good, but the artist was really interesting. He paints underwater or while skydiving or things like that. Super cool and I included photos of the pieces they had in the gallery. If anyone is interested here is more about his adventures: https://philipgray.com/pages/extreme-adventures

Then I chatted with my friend for a bit and then off to dinner. I had seen there was a comedy show this evening so I thought I would check that out and...it was not great. The guy wasn't terrible, but it was like he kept losing track of what he was saying so sometimes he would just not finish his sentence and sometimes he would repeat things in a way that really messed with the flow. That and his jokes were I think more geared towards the older audience as they seemed to love it. A lot of women are emotional and men don't care about anything kind of things. It was alright, but I ended up leaving after a bit as it wasn't for me.

So then I thought I would check out the band tonight even though I was a bit tired and didn't really think I would dance. Well the band was definitely not as good as the one last night. The singers were...they enjoyed singing at least. If I was more awake I would have hung out and had fun anyways, but since I was sleepy I headed back to my room to read until bedtime.

The weather update for today was more of the same for the next 24 hours. The wind was 20 at noon, but they said it would get up to 40 this evening/tonight and it definitely started to pick up before dinner. It is for sure windier than last night as I can feel the boat rocking more. I didn't realize how windy it had gotten so I was going to walk a few laps outside before dinner, but when I went up the deck was closed. I thought the back might be open and was going to spy and I thought I could get there from a higher deck (deck 2 is on the water - that is where all the shows and bands and stuff are. I am staying on deck 4, deck 7 is the outside deck and where food and trivia are. I rarely go above that as there is not much up there except the library and more cabins). So I headed up to the next deck and couldn't get outside and ended up going up to deck 11 and there was a sign for a panoramic elevator and I thought oh that sounds fun let's find that (I never did find it). So I walked the length of the ship on that deck...and by the time I got to the other side I was like I need to get down lower as I am starting to get motion sick! It was crazy how much it affected me a few floors up as compared to where I am staying and spending my time! I went down a few floors and then I was fine, but man I am glad I didn't book a room up there. They are the fancy rooms and there is no way I could stay in them without my pills at least. I got back to my room and was fine, still no pills or anything needed so yey for the cheaper lower decks!

Oh, they also told us that tomorrow at 8am we will be passing 200 nautical miles north of where the Titanic is. Raymond was asking where I was on a map if Google Maps would show it so I sent him a screenshot of it when he asked in case anyone else is interested as well :) Tomorrow we will also be passing a small island so we shall see if I see that (it will be on the other side of the boat so I will have to keep an eye out).Leer más