Saturday, July 11, 2009


Passed a few islands off Tonga this morning

Wednesday 8th,

Lost Wednesday’s diary info for NZ

Thursday 9th and Thursday 9th

Yesterday was Thursday – a sea day. Spent eating, sleeping, walking, playing cards etc. Tonight night was a formal. In the lift a lady took a fancy to the GD’s bottom – every man in a black suite she must have thought she had hold of her husband but I was observing her hand and GD thought it was me. Amazing things can happen in lifts. The GD has also been stuck in one of the lifts a couple of times too. We’ll give that one a miss in future. Went to a show after dinner and then to the Wheelhouse Bar for a couple of drinks and a dance, then to the Upper lounge for a cuppa and a chat with a couple from our dining table before bed.
The second Thursday 9th spent much the same as the first one. We crossed the international date line last night, which is why we have had two Thursdays. Need to do the washing soon – running out of underwear. Went to trivial pursuits yesterday and today – lots of laughs. Doesn’t this all sound boring?
After dinner we couldn’t get into the show we wanted to as it was full so we decided it was time to do our washing. 1.5 hours later and it was all dry. Have to change our clocks again by one hour.

Thursday, July 9, 2009


Tuesday 7th July
The rolly polly seas have settled down and some people who looked rather green yesterday seem to have recovered. From a management point of view not everything is running as smoothly as it should. Even though we cancelled having $10 per person per day deducted from our account for tips, on getting a print out we found that it was being charged so Jorgen has had a couple of trips to the desk to try and get that sorted out. Some people have had up to 3 key cards before they had one which worked. I got some details on a shore trip to Paris, we plan to do and find that it is 50% more than the advertised price I checked on the internet a few months ago. Before we left we checked with the representative of the cruise line to see if we needed any visas. We were told no. Now on the ship we find out that we do need one for India and some other passengers have been given information suggesting they need them for US and Egypt. Soooo we are trying to sort that hic-up out too. I joined a group and I’m learning to play bridge. Played yesterday morning and afternoon. We are enjoying the food, the wine, the company, the entertainment and the relaxation. Jorgen is doing morning deck walks while I sleep in.

Tuesday 7th July
The rolly polly seas have settled down and some people who looked rather green yesterday seem to have recovered. From a management point of view not everything is running as smoothly as it should. Even though we cancelled having $10 per person per day deducted from our account for tips, on getting a print out we found that it was being charged so Jorgen has had a couple of trips to the desk to try and get that sorted out. Some people have had up to 3 key cards before they had one which worked. I got some details on a shore trip to Paris, we plan to do and find that it is 50% more than the advertised price I checked on the internet a few months ago. Before we left we checked with the representative of the cruise line to see if we needed any visas. We were told no. Now on the ship we find out that we do need one for India and some other passengers have been given information suggesting they need them for US and Egypt. Soooo we are trying to sort that hic-up out too. I joined a group and I’m learning to play bridge. Played yesterday morning and afternoon. We are enjoying the food, the wine, the company, the entertainment and the relaxation. Jorgen is doing morning deck walks while I sleep in.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Monday 6th July
Well it’s day 2 of our cruise and we are just getting our sea legs. Our first hic-up was at the airport.After checking to see how much luggage we could carry and being told we could have 30kg, Qantas had other ideas. We had 12 kg over a 23 kg per person allowance and that cost us $120 excess. If we had been told that then as frequent flyers we should have been able to take 30kg but we did not have the number and if she had looked on our luggage which had already been put through on the conveyor there was a take on the luggage which had it on. Qantas and Princess will know about it you can be sure. It was a good flight with a bit of a holding pattern over Sydney. Things went smoothly to the ship on boarding. We had a little lunch on deck and a lay down then a look around. One of Jorgen bags were at the cabin before we set sail but mine didn’t arrive till after dinner, so needless to say I didn’t dress for dinner. The group at our dinner table were great company and I will be playing bridge with a couple of them. Jorgen just about knows every detail of the boat and has done his exercise often (walking around the deck). Monday – A quiet day at sea, eating and resting. Off to have sundowners and then dinner