06:11 wakeup. They put the ships clocks forward an hour overnight, but not the internal mobile tower's time, so it was still on the old time. I changed my watch, but not the cameras.
Starboard side games corridor on the Queen Mary 2
Put some washing on just before 09:00, then went down to ConneXions to get tickets for the Planetarium show (got there right on nine and just walked up to the desk where a dude had just setup and got a ticket). Went and got some breakfast. Saved some space for eggs benedict but Stu took the last one of the batch - doh!
Went back to get the washing but I was a few minutes late (on account of being at breakfast). Someone had taken our washing out to put theirs in, but when I went through everything there was an unpaired sock. Great. So that meant we missed a talk on China because I had to wait around for *their* cycle to finish so I could retrieve the sock. But as he was taking stuff out there were *three* socks and a tshirt in with his load!! What a retard. One sock I could *maybe* understand but *three* ??? And a tshirt??? Buttplug.
At 11:00 we went and saw the third talk by Pamela Chen Moore - in the theatre for once heh.
Had a small plate of fries for lunch. As you do. Hrmm.
Dockwise Forte - semi-submersible heavy transport vessel
Went and worked on one of the jigsaws for a while before going to a Planetarium show - Cosmic Collisions, narrated by Robert Redford.
Then had some afternoon tea. Well Stu had afternoon tea, I had a late lunch of lamb (it was 15:00). My eating patterns are all over the place on this trip.
At 15:30 we went to the port talk on Hong Kong. Even though we'll be off the cruise it was interesting to see the sorts of tours they have and what sort of destinations they go to, versus what we've done ourselves.
Hong Kong port talk in the Illuminations Theatre
Afterwards spent a couple of hours with a jigsaw, finishing it a bit before 18:00.
Saw the sun for the second time this holiday, so got some photos of it setting.
Sunset over the Korea Strait from Queen Mary 2
Me at sunset on the Queen Mary 2 (one of only two sunsets seen aboard!)
Looking towards the five Queens Grill suites, and The Verandah restaurant on deck 8
Sunset over the Korea Strait from Queen Mary 2
In the evening we had the "meet the captain" welcome drinks party in the Queens Room all in our formal gear. I wore Chrissie's dress to this one. We didn't end up meeting the captain because half the ship was there and the line to meet him they reckoned was about half an hour long. So we didn't bother with that. Had a couple of glasses of bubbly though, but didn't end up talking to anyone else.
Reception with the Captain on Queen Mary 2
Me at the reception with the Captain on Queen Mary 2
Reception with the Captain on Queen Mary 2
For dinner Stu had chicken liver pate, lamb curry and ice cream. I had pumpkin soup which was very nice, a chicken dish which wasn't too bad, and a small creme brulee.
Pablo, our sommelier
Carmello, one of our waiters
Katerina from Riga, one of our waiters
Stu and Me at dinner