Days at sea.....

 We are now into our third of six days at sea on our way down to Tahiti. Our latest position report shows we have sailed 953 nautical miles from the island of Kauai and have 1492 nautical miles to reach Tahiti. Our exact position is 06 deg 32.41N and 155 deg 28.61W with a course of 166 deg at a speed of 15.6 knots. Last night and today the waves and swales have really picked up pretty good. The Sojourn is rocking and rolling through the waves of the Pacific. Linda and I are handling the motion very well with no issues. In fact I am enjoying it. It just makes walking and dancing fun.

 We are enjoying the days at sea. We have tried to behave ourselves with all the great service, food and drinks. But, I must confess I would give myself a grade of D- for the first 7 days aboard and Linda a C-. It would be an F but at least we have been working out, and walking around the deck and imposing "no elevator days" so we do some stairclimbing. Yesterday we took a Zumba class. It was fun but hard to do when the ship is moving. The last few days we have done much better, maybe I can get my grade up to a C soon!!

 The service on the Sojourn is really quite amazing. The crew go out of their way to assist you and give you the ultimate Seabourn experience. When you are leaving the lunch buffet line they will come up to you and say " may I carry your plate to your table?"

 If your having toast and jam they will come up to your table and say " may I open the jam jar for you? "  Now I know what it must like to live in Downton Abbey!!

 Yesterday I was on my chaise lounger on the pool deck reading and relaxing for a change when up comes a server with a tray full of drinks containing a scoop of lemon sorbet drowned in champagne! Of course when offered I said " yes please ". How bad is that? About a half hour later the same server came up with a tray full of Pina Coladas. Need I say anymore!

 Besides all of the above we have been attending some very enjoyable lectures and presentations. Yesterday we heard a presentation from Dr Jeffrey Hoffman a NASA astronaut who made 5 flights on the shuttles. He gave us a great overview on the preparation for a space flight, talked about the science of zero gravity and the re entry process which is so dangerous. He brought some amazing photos. We all enjoyed it very much.

 Later today we will be crossing the Equator and there is a big ceremony planned on deck. Our next post will be about that special occasion along with some photos.

 Aloha from the Seabourn Sojourn