Once again I am off on my travels, this time with my mother on a cruise to the Canary Islands. We drove to Southampton at lunch time to board our ship, the Balmoral, at around 2 pm. Check in was well organised, and the staff are all very welcoming. Our cabins are on the inside, with no pretence of fake portholes for once, and have a surprisingly large amount of storage. At 4 pm we had muster practice, then Mum and I went out on deck to see the city spread around us in the twilight. Feeling a bit cold we retreated into the ship, and found our way forwards and up to deck 11 and the observation lounge. We fell into talking with a lovely man, Pat, who is also on his first ever cruise, and sat there whilst the ship left the harbour. A brief message from the captain informed us we might have slightly rough weather for the next two days as we make our way across the Bay of Biscay, and we would be making a slightly longer stay in Maderia than was originally planned. We will not get to Funchai on Maderia until Saturday morning and both Mum and I are hoping the weather will not be too bad. We're well doped up on seasickness tablets (Mum) and seasickness patches (me), but neither of us are particularly good passengers. Now it's time to change for dinner, and our first meal on board!
Good dinner, with a group of three others, then mum went to finish unpacking while I explored the ship. Found the card room (they have several Scrabble boards) and the library.
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