Hey y'all! How you doing? Before I start, if any of you checked out yesterday's post right after I posted it, you might like to check it again as there are photos now *wink wink*! But I'm gonna get on with this blog post now, the second day of my cruising adventure!
So as our ship was starting on the south coast of England and was going to Norway, there's a day where the ship doesn't stop anywhere so that it can reach the destination on time for the next day, which is when you can get off the ship and explore the wonderful country that is Norway. This day is called a 'sea day', and that is what our second day was all about.
The first thing I did that day (after waking up and having breakfast obviously) was going to a 'Detox for Health and Weight Loss' seminar with my parents and friend. The ship basically always has these little sessions and lessons that you can go to, and there's a different range of activities. You can do yoga, have quizzes, do basketball, have a dance session and loads more. But if you wanted to do everything, it would be really tiring and you would also need one of Hermione's time turner things, so we only picked a few we would like.
This detox seminar, we though it would be a calm and relaxing session, but instead it properly freaked us all out. The woman was telling us about how bacteria gets into your body and it was all things like 'breathing' and 'drinking water' and 'through your skin'. And she wouldn't tell us how to stop it, it's not like I can just stop breathing and drinking! She also told us that our guts were like teeth and that they should technically be brushed otherwise they'll go rotten. And said that everyone's guts are basically teeth which haven't been brushed for years and years. Gee thanks seminar woman, thanks for that! I felt like I was going to die... By the end, it was alright though because she did give us a few tips and a leaflet about it all.
We didn't do much after lunch...just had a little look in the shops (yeah they had duty-free shops there!) and then went to the gym. After the gym we went to another lesson, this time it was yoga. At first, we thought that it was complimentary, but we had already got there and started when the woman was like 'oh by the way, when you leave can you please sign your name on the sheet, so I can charge you'. We were all like WTH but it didn't matter because we'd already started. Stupid yoga detoxing woman!
Next, we returned back to our cabin to get ready for dinner. Now as I said yesterday, there are different types of dinners. On the first night it was casual, but this time, it was formal. There are two formal dinners in a week, and for both, you needed make-up, neat hair, and even close-toe shoes if your feet were showing. It was, to be honest, a great hassle, but the ambience and experience made up for it. Stepping into the restaurant looking all cleaned up, amongst other cleaned up people, was such a fantastic experience! I've never done anything nearly so posh as having those two formal dinners before. I mean I haven't had a prom, been to a wedding, or gone to any sort of posh event. And like any other typical posh event, there were tons of photos...
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| The posh dinner table set-up - even the napkin needed a bow tie! |
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| My friend (left) and me (right) looking all fancy! |
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| The main course was literally just a lobster dumped on a plate... |
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| Yummy! |
Finally, after the very fancy dinner, we retired into the Playhouse to listen to some very posh, upper class, sophisticated...rock and pop music. Yeah...it was all great though, sort of a relief after being all upright and stiff! It was a singer/songwriter called Elio Pace, an Italian guy who was on board with his wife and little daughter, quite adorable. The music was good, he was singing and playing the piano, and had a band playing with him. However the songs he played were all old ones, so I didn't know any... Anyways, that was the end of the day, a day of frolicking on the promenade deck and pigging on cheesecakes and chocolate mouse :)
I love y'all, I will talk to you tomorrow...goooooodbye!! Xxx
