Although it was a slightly rough night, it was a tad calmer by daybreak and the sun was shining, with just whisps of high cloud.
We set out early(ish) to start our laps as usual on a sea day. Small ships mean small decks, and Quest, like its sisters, has only the smallest of walkways, requiring 16 laps per mile. Of course that number is hugely significant to me, so I decided that all sums would henceforth be in hexadecimal. Consequently we did 0xA0 laps during the day, but in the morning just did half, that’s 0x50 which you all recognise as five miles, don’t you?
After morning walkies we sat and sunbathed for a while, picking up a few more rays than we should, as the photos will show when I can upload them, which is not right now! Later on we had lunch in the patio, today in blistering sunshine - a stark contrast to yesterday’s driving rain!
Then it was time for the other miles, quite a lot harder with all the people now out and about, but we managed our 10 miles without fallin out with anyone! Then it was jacuzzi time, and as the seas are almost millpond the forward deck was open, so we had it all to ourselves - before long more and more people,will learn about this little retreat, but for now it’s almost exclusively ours!
Then it was time to dress for dinner - tonight is formal - and attend the Captain’s Welcome cocktail party, then had half an hour’s wander round the ship before going to dinner in the Main Dining Room for the first time. The MDR is very busy because it’s formal, and we’ve waited so the queue has gone away. Selecting s TK starter was probably a mistake - I don’t think the Salmon panna cotta was a success, but my corn soup is fabulous, the Beef Wellington good apart from the duxelles, and the TK Semifreddo just perfect. Hubby’s we’re all good, apart from said duxelles. I think they have opted for a caterers solution to the duxelle, to bind with egg-white and tray-bake in to roulade sheets first so assembly is efficient - that’s understandable but it’s not how it should be!
After all that, we head to the lounge for the first company production of the cruise, it featured the four singers, two dancers and five band members, and was a very good review of hits from the 60’s through to the modern day. As usual we find some excitable fellow cruisers who want to ask loads of questions but we’re always happy to entertain!
Captain did give a few stats in his talk, the most interesting being that we are 422 passengers, of which 240 are Americans, 56 Brits,44 Oz and then another 17 nationalities sharing the remaining count. Sailing from the Americas this is not so surprising, when we’re in the Med it’s usually more equally Americans and Brits. Conversely there are 340 staff in 40 nationalities.
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