At Sea 7: On Board Queen Mary 2

On Board QM2 – April 17, 2010

The ship was rolling during the night and moving side to side. I remembered what a young ship's waiter had told us years ago - that it was better to lie flat and move with the ship than to lie on your side and have the ship move you back and forth. Good advice. I did and it helped.

I had two breakfasts, took a walk on deck (another sunny 50’s day) and then had a hamburger in the Chef's Galley. Jerry and I had a quiet peaceful afternoon visiting the Commodore Club, walking around the ship, using the computers in the Library. Click here to see a view from the scenic elevator at the Library.

We met a couple from Wales while sitting at the bar in the Commodore Club. She was English and her husband was Welsh. She told of going to Wales to meet her in-laws for the first time. Her father–in-law asked her if she spoke Welsh. She told him no, that she did not speak Welsh, but -- that she could understand it.
The man looked at her and said – “I have a dog that can do that!”

To the Carvery Buffet at 5:30 and sat at a table by the windows. We were off the Grand Banks today and as usual there was fog and mist on the horizon.The cold Labrador Current mixes with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream here and often causes fog in the area. It is also known for its proximity to where Titanic went down 98 years ago. Tonight around 9 we passed about 95 miles north of the site.


Note: The view from one of the tables in the Carvery. The entire deck (on one side of the ship) can be seen from the windows.