April 30, 2012 At Sea

Today was our 3^rd day at sea.  The weather has been good, but the ship continues to roll a little bit. 

We lost another hour last night and will lose another one tonight.  It is playing havoc with our internal clocks.  A nice breakfast in Sabatini’s and then off to learn how to play bridge.  This afternoon we played bridge with friends, tried out what we had learned, and lost.  We hope to improve in the future, after more lessons. 

The meal tonight with our Canadian friends was very enjoyable.  After dinner we went to the Princess Theater and watched a very funny British magician / comic.

Since we are losing another hour tonight we headed back to the cabin and some well deserved sleep.

A LITTLE NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE:

We have departed the Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle or “Triangle of Death”.  The Bermuda Triangle is 1 million square miles, in the North Atlantic Ocean between the Bermuda Islands, Puerto Rico and Key West, Florida.  The myth originated in the fifties after a few articles in the press about accidents and disappearances of ships and aircraft which took place in mysterious circumstances attributed to supernatural or extraterrestrial forces.  These cases have undergone scientific scrutiny and various explanations have been given.  After years of research all that remains of these stories are just legend and a certain number of resulting sci-fi movies and books.  The Commodore says that the waters are as safe as any in the world, ….but we knew when we entered the triangle because we started bouncing all over the place.  If you really believe him; I have some land in Arkansas that I would like to sell you.

DAY 4 AT SEA:

I decided to add the 4^th day at sea with this blog.  The reason being that this has been our lazy day.  We slept late and ordered breakfast in our cabin.  Then a quick trip to our bridge lesson and back to the cabin.  We had lunch in the cabin and bridge with our friends this afternoon.  A short nap and then some pizza to night and we are now through for the day.

The constant time change is wearing on us.  We want to catch up on our rest as we are only 800 miles, a day and a half, form the Azores.  We are looking forward to being on something that is not moving around.