Day 5 - Supposed to be in Oslo but Still at Sea

No idea of the temperature but the sun is shining!

The morning came very quickly and that is a good sign as that meant that I slept well. It was about 5:00 when I woke up the first time and it was bright outside. That is a very short dark period considering the 11 pm pictures the night before.


We stirred slowly and I wrote for a period. I also spent an inordinate amount of time getting the Internet connectivity to work as it should. Finally I got it to work in a consistent fashion but not without a discussion with the duty manager at the Internet cafe. As usual there was some non-intuitive switch that had to be ignored or it will screw up your settings. That is what happened and for that I now have the privilege of spending $150 for some specified period of time (250 minutes). I think it is called Internet under the gun.

I got Lucy and we went for breakfast. We were in the process of setting out for food when the Captain came over the loud speaker. Apparently there was a general strike involving several unions in Oslo so we had been diverted away for the day. That is really unfortunate as Alison and Bruce were set up to meet up with a friend of Sandra. So we enjoyed a day at sea relaxing, reading, eating and enjoying the sun and the still seas. Hamburgers for lunch and yes another rest and a movie in our stateroom in the afternoon.

I managed to cancel our tour tickets for Arhus as Paul mentioned that there was plenty to see within walking distance of the harbour. Additionally our tour tickets for Oslo will be refunded by Princess. Sometime around 6 PM we all gathered to have a cocktail in the Lillico stateroom. They supplier applies from the buffet upstairs and we chatted and decided to go to the Michelangelo for dinner. Dinner for 11 was a bit tricky for them but they managed in about 20 minutes. During that time Allan did his floor exercises in the hallway to ease his back pain and we enjoyed a cocktail from the nearby bar. The dinner was a set offering of 5 or so applies and soup items along with a variable page that outlines the 5 or so of the daily offerings. In that menus there was chicken (coq-au-vin a which looked great), veal, pasta, shrimp and one that I can not remember. I chose the duck appie and a veal chop that was delicious. I think our group had at least one of each and the were no serious complaints. Desserts we offered and accepted even by those who do not normally indulge. From there we went to a stage show that was energetically played out by the theatre team. From what I saw it was well a done story with lots of dancing and singing and that provided a nice dark environment for yet another snooze for me.



Notice: ( that should appear on all bikinis):

If you think you might look fat in this, you will.


And

Use of this product may cause retina damage in others.



Observation:

Those who believe they need large amounts of perfume (for whatever reason) should stay at home!

The cost of perfume can be measured by its subtlety.



The comments about perfume are a direct result of their effect on Freddi as it seems to trigger her asthma from metres away. The comments on bikinis are for my benefit.