13th June

13/06/14 Sea day Partly Cloudy Temp 32c

Port talk today was about Kotor which is a port we have not been to before so it was particularly interesting. Apart from coffee we did not have much else on this morning. This afternoon Betty went to a movie “The Book Thief “while I went to have a go at carpet bowls again. Today was sign up day for the teams they are having between here and Southampton. We will know what teams we are in tomorrow, I did put Betty’s name down as well. The Ladies played against the men today, the result was a draw not that I contributed much. I find the bowls are very tiny but maybe I will improve.  Betty says the movie was good but that I would not have liked it because it would have brought back memories of the war.

At dinner tonight there was just Jan, Bob Betty and I because Bev & Ian had gone for a Pizza. They both have allergy problems and there was not much on the menu tonight which suited them. Bev gets to see the menu the night before. We even wondered if Jan would be at dinner because she suffers from motion sickness and the ship is starting to move about quite a bit. The Captain has informed us that the forecast on our route is for gale force winds and a swell of 5.5 metres. Our entertainment tonight was to hear George Casey an Irish Comedian in the Vista Lounge. Jan & Bob heard him last night and did not give him a very good report. We decided to sit near the back so that we could leave if he was no good. Actually he was just average but we did stay until the end, he told some jokes that we have heard Tommy Hanlon Jr tell on TV 10 years ago.  Bev & Ian were also sitting at the back so after the show we all went for a Hot Chocolate in the Atrium. Tonight of course the Socceroos play Chile at 2am our time and it is being broadcast on our cabin TV. Betty & I decided to get a wakeup call at 2.30am and watch the rest of the match. When we awoke the Socceroos were 2 nil down but we did see Tim Cahil score his goal. When Chile scored the third goal we went back to sleep.