2 Old Dames on the best Dame in the World - Queen Mary 2

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My trusty attendant has done the right thing. Just awaiting love_the_life. ImageUploadedByAustFreqFly1394943283.597921.jpg
 
What time does she sail, the waters around Tangalooma are so clear and tropical, its hard to believe your close to Brisbane, worth keeping an eye out for? The channel goes very close to Moreton Island.
 
Looking good ladies...enjoy the cruise
 
Blue, black and grey pantsuit is very fetching Pushka.

I think love_the_life is going to need that Moët. I think I should be safe in the knowledge that you'll both polish off that bottle
 
I've just walked through the embarkation process. It looks tedious. Oh well, two bottles might be needed for medicinal purposes.

We cruise out at 6pm. I'm thinking no daylight savings hey? Prolly just as well as it might have damaged the carpets and drapes here. ;)

I did quite like the grey trackies QF WP. They toned down the florid flushed faces. We all had not much on underneath though so lucky no wardrobe malfunctions. :eek: At one stage I went to pull down a zip at the front and then realised that wasn't a good thing to do.
 
I was telling QF WP and LTL (let's call her that from now on, those underscores are doing my head in) about 4am this morning as I sleep with the curtains open that the room was filled with lights. Early berth? But realised we were still moving. Raced to the door and saw a huge container ship go speeding past so close to the ship. Remembering yesterday as I watched the bridge how closely they watched that other cruise ship in the distance I couldn't imagine what it must have been like on the bridge. Grabbed the iPhone and only managed to grab this shot as it had already passed us by:
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I could read the shipping name it was so close (but of course have forgotten it now)
It's really blurred as it was dark and flying past.

Any boaties know minimum distances for ships?
 
Loving the trip report ladies it's bringing back many fond memories of my time on the qm2. I had an inhull balcony on my first trip and really liked it. Only problem was sitting down I was too short to see out but it was nice and sheltered which made it more private I thought. Enjoy!
 
These two big boys are angled perfectly to keep me in shade on Promenade deck 7. But I think they serve some other purpose?
I got quite sunburnt yesterday. Not pleasant for formal night.

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Currently sipping an iced tea. Can't start the good gear just yet.

My apologies if we don't reply to every comment as am posting on the app and it isn't always easy to do that esp when on the ships internet. But we do read them. :p
 
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Well this old dame is on and waiting for the safety muster then the Moët courtesy of Pushka.
for QF WP here is a photo from when we were in the Arctic a few years ago. This was from the ship not out of a zodiac as it would have been a bit too close!
 

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It certainly is. We were hooked after our first Silverseas cruise in 2010. Have done 6 Silverseas cruises and have 4 cruises booked :D 187 days till we next sail.:D:D

Shipmate app has already "finished" with this Cunard cruise. This next cruise is an Eastern Med Cruise with Mr P. His idea of a cruise is a port a day. In the Med, that works really well. So currently it's just 3 months, 25 days and 16 hours until a Venice cruise.

Dinner tonight was excellent but the Moët and lack of sleep means an early night.

Tomorrow it's St Patricks Day. Funny, I've never celebrated that on land but on a ship, any reason is a chance to celebrate.

That and another session with Vlad the Torturer. He's got plenty to work on tomorrow but just wish I could break his 2 minutes per exercise theory.
 
Pushka can have Vlad to herself but I am intending to go to the gentle stretch class this morning and of course the line dancing comes highly recommended. Very smooth overnight, a little gentle swell but hardly feels like we are moving. The moon cast a lovely glow over the water. I know this because I did not sleep overly well - first night in a new bed and all! The Doona was very hot as well even with the aircon turned to cold. I'm sure I'll find the right arrangement, hope so anyway as it's a long time on board. The bed itself is yummy, especially when I have it all to myself! Sorry Mr LTL.
A very pleasant dinner last night - I am being very careful not to over indulge so just a small entree, fish for main and no dessert. I feel very virtuous:)
A new day awaits. I wonder what exciting things will happen today. Perhaps a spot if people watching is in order.
 
(Typing this into notepad and will launch once I access the Satellite internet)

Another day begins.

I'm a little concerned that I'd consumed more than half my daily calorie allowance in alcohol, (I try to restrict it) so I need to do something about that. So I've increased my daily calorie allowance. That'll fix that issue. I'm really keen to see if I can limit any weight gain to 1 kilo. Almost everyone I've spoken to who has been on for the same length of time has gained 5 kilos. I do not want to do that.

An enjoyable dinner last night and Dame the Older (I'm not allowed to call her Dame the Elder) seemed to find friends quickly with her new table mates.

I'd asked the stateroom attendant on arriving in Adelaide to have an ice bucket ready for a friend who was arriving yesterday. Dame the O of course but I wasn't specific. So as posted yesterday he'd come through nicely and didn't think any more of it.

That night on retiring he'd come in to prepare for the evening which means closing the curtains, leaving me some chocolates (nice QF WP?) and turn down the bed. Usually that's just the one side. Last night both sides were turned down. :eek: which was really sweet if that had been the case but it wasn't. So this morning I thought I'd gently give him a message that all was right and proper so did this:

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We shall see what happens.
 
Nice touch that they leave chocs on the pillow - that will be your weight gainer :o. Make sure you eat then before Vlad the Impaler (sorry, Vlad the Abs man) works you hard. Very sublte with the QM bear ;).

You must be steaming up the Coast now, enjoy the beautiful weather (hopefully you left before the overnight rain).
 
My first exercise class today is stretch. It's on the top deck. It's God's place and a perfect place to exercise and feel the warm sunshine that's getting decidedly tropical. I'm wondering if Dame the O will surface. It's only 9am. I suspect not because she's come straight from her hectic work schedule and at this stage just needs to recoup.

But she did. And there's a bad thing. Stretch is conducted by Vlad the torturer. But he's gentler today. It's the bums class later that he revels in. (I like Vlad. He pushes the class hard. Awful at the time but you feel great later. I'm sticking with him. And Dame the older almost calls him Vlad when she thanks him for the class.

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That last photo was also for me :D. I'd be giving it a workout if I managed to be coerced back onto a cruise.

But they are both left and right handed. Suppose one can't take ones own clubs aboard..
 
I'm writing this on Promenade deck. It's almost 11am. The sea is smooth. Beautiful blue. This is my seat for the next 20 minutes.


I'm waiting for the laundry to dry in a dryer. Laundries at sea are the stuff of legends. We've heard stories of families being removed from the ship, the best story because one woman threw an iron at another passenger.

When a load is finished and there are no spare machines it seems the done thing to remove those (strangers) clothes and put your own in. It's an icky business. I don't want to touch someone else's clothes and don't want them touching mine. But people go away during the cycle. It's a hot noisy place.

This is the Laundry room.
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It's free of charge. I opened the door and there are 8 people there. Mainly men. The men are doing the laundry. I think it's because women don't seem capable of operating heavy duty machinery like washers and dryers at sea. It's interesting.

Luckily there's a spare machine but I'm told the rinse cycle isn't working. It doesn't agitate and leaves suds. I can sort that. I do a wash cycle then when the rinse cycle comes on I return it to a wash cycle again but rinsing this time. It isn't rocket science but apparently no one else thought of doing that. Oh well, sometimes women aren't so silly after all. ;)

Anyways, everyone seems remarkably chilled but I'm aghast at the amount of laundry people have amassed.

I leave my clothes in the dryer and grab a cup of tea on deck 7.

I'm interested to see what's happened to my clothes. Watch this space.
 

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They have table sales on cruises. They are a jungle. ImageUploadedByAustFreqFly1395025954.600677.jpg
 
No, the men are escaping their wives by doing the laundry. They club together and work out how to use them ;)

Beautiful photo of the deckchairs and view on the blue ocean - what I wouldn't do to swap places...even with it being on a cruise. Just this once, you understand ;).
 
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