Atlantic Crossing ... Day 3

Hmmm! What shall I write about? I really have nothing to report because today was our “internet” day.

As Diamond members of the Royal Caribbean Crown & Anchor Society, Mui and I each received a free 24-hour internet pass for this cruise. We activated Mui’s account this morning and have been sharing the connection all day ... one device at a time. It’s worked out quite well. The speed has been amazing all day ... unexpectedly so out here in the middle of the Atlantic ... some 1,196 nautical miles away from Ft Lauderdale. I had no problems uploading my trip footprints with photos and videos attached. The quality of the What’sApp call with Aylin was smooth as could be. Needless to say, emails and texts were accessed easily as well. And even with VPN activated to check bank accounts, there was no drop in speed. Really amazing!

The passes are good for 24-consecutive hours, so we should have a few hours still available tomorrow morning. And then we’ll be going ‘radio silent’ again for a couple of days. I figure, we’ll activate my pass sometime over the weekend, and that will take us through to Malaga where we’ll have data available to us through T-Mobile ... and again when we reach our disembarkation point in Barcelona. Not a bad schedule for staying in touch with friends and family.

And to think that we used to go on cruises to get away from “being connected.” Those days are long gone!Les mer