Well,hello Oceana.

How I have waited to see you again, please do not disappoint me.Internet plan purchased,250 minutes for 62.50 plus 40 minutes gratis.The position of the computers is good, but not excellent.They are by the window, small mercy,but in the busiest part of the ship, opposite the reception and next to a bar,you can barely squeeze by the chairs to the computer I want to use-right in the corner,it offers some privacy.I am able to see every-one and unfortunately hear every-one. There is a dance class taking place.Few people prancing about.Not me. Why torture myself? Several days before sailing had a letter from P&O informing me about the new and very successful way of checking in-apparently this has been tested on Britannia and now is being extended on all ships.For this you have to download your e-ticket,and on the ticket you will have the exact time you must present yourself at the check - in point,in my case at 2pm. Theoretically it all looked good,but in the terminal things were going from bad to worse-checking slow, very slow and then disastrously slow.Apparently the weather conditions were not good, waves too big.And this had slowed the process down.You know the one about the wrong leaves on the rail-tracks? No-one believed the waves story either. On board the compulsory safety instructions at 5,at 6 dinner. A little table to myself. Risotto piping hot and delicious,minestrone soup piping hot, not delicious. Vegetable curry very nice indeed, but lukewarm. Brioche pudding and custard lovely,lovely,lovely. Not enough currants or were they raisins,but lovely.And ever so nice tea,too,proper English breakfast tea with milk. At 8 so tired,so to bed,went off like a light. Woke up two hours later then oh la la,could not sleep,nothing much on TV, but the music channel excellent,the last time I looked at the watch was 6 am.But I did not mind not sleeping, was in no hurry to go anywhere. Said good-bye to breakfast and decided to have a leisurely shower and wait for lunch instead. So far so good. Oh so very,very,very good.