Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Somewhere in the Atlantic - October 19

Sailing into the sunset
Next stop Fort Lauderdale
A little Azorean fishing boat looking for the big one

Today we’ve had a quiet sea day. The seas have been calm and the skies have been partly cloudy. We played trivia (and lost as usual). In the afternoon we went to the Sanctuary, an area on the 17th deck near the bow. It’s partially covered and has the greatest lounge chairs! We had a light lunch there and played a game or two of scrabble. By mid-afternoon it had gotten chilly so we moved inside. It has truly been a lazy day.

Today’s pictures are kind of a hodge-podge. When we sailed into Ponta Delgada yesterday just around sunrise, lots of small fishing boats came out from the villages we passed to fish in our wake. Evidently we must have stirred up the fish and the fishermen were hoping to capitalize on our passage. Al shot the picture of the fishing boat from our balcony.

No comments: