Early morning so we can have breakfast in the dining room
As we continue our voyage across the Atlantic, we pass over abyssal plains and basins. The Rockall Basin has features named after the Lord of the Rings, such as Gondor Seamount and Isengard Ridge. Oceanic plains are more common in the Atlantic than any other ocean. These abyssal plains are formed by sediment accumulating in depressions, thus smoothing out the seabed. Queen Mary 2 will cross the Porcupine Abyssal Plain and make her way towards an area of the Atlantic known as the Faraday Fracture Zone.
Rock and roll night – about normal for this time of year according to the crew. No way to do my morning balance exercises.
Started heading for a circumnavigation on the walking deck. Nope, all doors closed. Someone said force 10 wind, having some doubts , looked up the beaufort scale, it appears to be force 6-7; of course larger apparent wind as ship is moving at 20plus knots so closer to 8.
With the failure of the planetarium, we looked to see if there was anything we could go to. Found one. A watercolor class for QB, I went along as the muscle
When we got there, the instructor pointed out this was the intermediate class and then we should come back if we wanted to 10 in the morning and managed to say it in such a rude and nasty manner that we just walked away from him. the ship program said introductory.
So, lots of unstructured time.
He sits at adjoining table and is loud enough for everyone to hear
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Wow-sorry to hear about the rudeness of the art instructor. Hope that gets reported!!! Not good. Ah, yes. I do remember one of those windy incidents. Thanks for all the underwater geology—missed all that!
“The Queen Mary 2 is arguably the most stable cruise ship because of her design with a deep hull (34 foot draft) and design.” —hope this is the case : ) She was certainly made for the transatlantic crossing. Dee
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Soup with kreplach? On the QII?
Actually, looks pretty good ~ but on the QII?
You don’t need more salt! That’s what I’m told at every meal…
Nice to hear from you. If you have time drop us a note on what is going on your end; Sarah, you, the “boys”. We are fine, as you can easily guess from the blog; as to what we are doing, well, that too is in the blog :-). Isreal/Gaza mess is another story one where I can guess, or so I think, your views. Further illuminating is always appropriate.