At Sea

Left Sydney Friday about 6:30 pm.  It was already dark and we've got 2 full sea days before we arrive in Noumea, New Caledonia. 

 Slept well last night.  Decided to go up to the Lido deck for the buffet breakfast so took the glass elevator midship.  As we got into the elevator we saw the mat had the day of the week on it.  Great idea, especially after being on board for several days you lose track of what day it is.  One day when we got on one of the elevators it had a black mat on the floor...guess the "day" mat was worn out or something.  I said to B, "Wonder if that means it's Black Friday???"  Thought some special deals in the shops on board would be a great idea!

 The atrium midship.  The glass stairs were particularly interesting!

 Culinary Arts Center.  This is where they did the cooking demonstrations.  The area was also used for games and was transformed into a theater to show movies in the afternoon by pushing the cooking counter out of the way, having a screen come down and closing the curtains leading into the room.  In the evening they transformed it again...this time into B.B.Kings Disco.

 Thought this was an interesting 3D picture of an elephant in a china shop!

 Bar stools by the pool.

Nice calm seas today.

Came back to the cabin tonight and our cabinboy had made us this adorable guy using towels.