We crossed the International Date Line, and lost 28 August as a result. We're now on the same day as Australia and New Zealand - basically on NZ time at the moment - and sadly that means closer to the end of the cruise :-(
We went out on deck last night to listen to a Beatles tribute band. These guys originally came on board at Southampton, and were meant to get off a couple of days later at Dublin. However, when the ship couldn't get into Dublin they ended up staying on board for more than a week extra, until they got to Boston. And, they were so popular that the Dawn Princess picked them up again in Pago Pago. They're not bad - we sat out on deck through the whole show and we may go and see them again tonight in the theatre.
I had my third personal training session yesterday - Fiona is a lovely girl who made me work hard; just what I wanted although today I've got plenty of aching muscles as a result :-)
Tonight is our third and last formal night. Don't know if we'll be doing the dress-up thing though - we've eaten in the formal dining room a lot more than we thought we would because our table companions are all lovely people, but we still need to check the menu first - and for some reason it wasn't out this morning when we went to breakfast (usually it's all printed and on display)
I'm really enjoying the cruise but I'm also looking forward to getting home. Of course I'm missing Adam, but I also want to be able to watch some decent TV shows, look at the internet whenever I want to for less than$15 per hour(!) and also to eat some plain food. The food is lovely, but there are a few little things that you can't get that I'm really missing. I'm also desperately missing the chance to soak in the bath - to my surprise almost all the hotels on the land part of our holiday had bathtubs, but of course you don't get a bathtub on the cruise unless you pay for a suite - way out of our price range!
We saw a whale yesterday afternoon - they announced over the intercom that we were coming up on it. It was quite a small one and not far enough out of the water to take any decent photos, but they're always good to see.
So far the weather on the cruise has been beautiful. The last three ports we were in - Pago Pago, Moorea and Papeete - rain was forecast but not a bit fell on us (although there was always rain in the distance). And, the highest that the seas have gotten to is a metre or so. However, this isn't going to continue - as we get closer to New Zealand we're expecting to get caught up in the remains of a low pressure system which the Captain says will give us some rain and big waves. Good thing I've still got some seasickness tablets left!
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