We sailed yesterday evening from the Azores around sunset. It was our last port before the cruise ends in Ft. Lauderdale. As we headed west for six days crossing the Atlantic we could see the lights of Sao Miguel and some nearby islands for quite a long time.
Today it’s water, water everywhere. We are always amazed that once we begin the crossing we rarely encounter another ship or any sign of life until we approach the Bahamas. It’s as if we are the only people on Earth here in the midst of this ocean. I always wonder how it must have felt to the early explorers as they set sail and had their last glimpse of land. I can only imagine that it must have been both thrilling and frighteaning since they often had no idea what awaited them as they sailed onward.
Our day was partly cloudy with some long rollers which move the ship around a bit. We played some scrabble and lazed around until 3 PM when we went up to Skywalkers, the lounge atop the aft end of the ship. Our group had a Halloween cocktail party there. We didn’t wear masks or costumes but some of our friends were really decked out! I would say that most of them outdid themselves. It was nice meeting some more of the people with whom I’d been chatting online for many months. We planned to stay for only a little while and wound up sitting and talking until nearly 6 PM. For dinner we ate with friends from Delaware and enjoyed both the company and food, especially the former.
I should add that the ship was decorated for Halloween as well. There were orange and black balloons around and many of the day’s activities were geared toward Halloween. There was a pumpkin carving demonstration in the atrium and a costume parade and competition among other things. All in all it was a very nice first crossing day.
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