Jon wanted to buy some knitting wool for his friend Miranda and I love Devonport so we joined up for a ferry ride to Devonport across the harbour where Wild and Woolly is my favourite shop. He bought enough for a jumper and I bought a ball of possum wool to make meerkats with - a fun project for when I want a change from socks.
We left early from Auckland as bad weather was expected up the eastern coast of New Zealand and the captain hoped to get ahead of it. (Hannah thinks he didn't as she felt squeamish and missed dinner 2 nights in a row, a preventative action).
Family dinners were great: we had the same two waiters every night and had jokes with them; the 8th seat at our table belonged to Ron (as in later on) and he always had to have his breadstick and a cheese platter for dessert.
Christopher and Jon take care of Ron's cheese platters - he got two!
Newman and Aketut were so disappointed if we didn't have 4 courses every night that we couldn't let them down.
Family dinners were great: we had the same two waiters every night and had jokes with them; the 8th seat at our table belonged to Ron (as in later on) and he always had to have his breadstick and a cheese platter for dessert.
Newman and Aketut were so disappointed if we didn't have 4 courses every night that we couldn't let them down.
The Cheese Club instituted by Christopher had its February meeting on board in a corner of Magnums Bar with NZ cheese:
and the Girls' Cocktail Club had one meeting only as other events like Trivia got in the way (still only coming second).
The cocktails were certainly on the garish side...
We had three days of sailing back across the Tasman to Australia with plenty to do. I continued with knitting group in the morning, Trivia and bridge in the afternoon with Daisy kindly bringing me a coffee halfway through.
There was a professional bridge lecturer on board who gave lessons in the morning and ran a session of play in the afternoon which I went to with my partner Ben from Melbourne whom I paired up with on the first day. What a combination! We licked everyone hollow with 70 - 75% totals and I won the grand prize of - a plastic water bottle. Well, Daisy liked it.
There was a professional bridge lecturer on board who gave lessons in the morning and ran a session of play in the afternoon which I went to with my partner Ben from Melbourne whom I paired up with on the first day. What a combination! We licked everyone hollow with 70 - 75% totals and I won the grand prize of - a plastic water bottle. Well, Daisy liked it.
This is where our stateroom was - the corridor of Aloha Deck, deck 11, with David disappearing into the distance.
Formal Night with the Captain's Circle Cocktail Party and Formal Dinner was a great occasion for dressing up and of course we had to have the obligatory formal portraits with Auckland background.
front: Helen, Alison
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