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On Board Queen Mary 2 - April 16, 2010
We went to breakfast in the Britannia Restaurant and were seated at a table for eight next to a window. Met nice people – an English couple returning home after visiting their son at State College, Pennsylvania, an elderly Englishman from South Africa going to England for his granddaughter’s wedding, an Australian man, a little woman from Cape Town, a woman from Julliard School of Music in Manhattan who was traveling with one of the entertainment groups for this crossing – the Julliard Jazz Group.
We went to the Passport Inspection, then to the Library to sign up for 8 hours each of computer use and to borrow books. After I ate lunch I walked around the deck three times (three laps equals 1.1 mile). It was a lovely sunny day with the temperature in the fifties.
We met a little woman in an elevator today and she mentioned ships she had been on in the past. Referring to the Andrea Doria and its sinking, she told us that her husband always said that Italians shouldn’t be allowed to build ships!
I suspect that the Queen Mary 2 library is by far the best at sea. It is beautifully designed and has an excellent collection. Each passenger is allowed two books at a time, so that a couple can always have four on hand. Transatlantic Crossing passengers, I believe, are more inclined to pursue the old seagoing habits of reading and dozing throughout the day than those who cruise on floating hotels and party and buy straw hats in tropic climes.
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