Sun, sea and spa (and sleep)

Today has been excellent! We woke up at 6.30am really excited about our first sea day. We ordered (complimentary) breakfast in bed and then slowly made our way to the spa for our treatments. Mmmmm. It was exactly what we both needed, although all the talk of anti-aging was worrying. We then spent a good hour in the thermal suite- hot ceramic sun loungers (so nice), menthol steam room and hydropool (big jacuzzi). We had to drag ourselves out of there for lunch and then headed back to the cabin and went to sleep!!!!
Woke up in time for Victoria's manicure, and Andy rowed 2km on the rowing machine.

We watched a movie in the cabin then went to check what other people were wearing at first sitting; tonight was the Commodore's welcome party - the first formal night. All the panic over dress codes was pointless, although some rude bloke in the lift asked us if we felt under-dressed when he was off to dinner in a tux and we were people watching in our "day wear". Cheek.

Welcome event was good-free drink and lobster for dinner.


Discovered one of our table companions is from Newcastle so had a chuckle over that.

After dinner we decided not to go to the show after last nights Abba event and instead found the disco-Electra-very 1980s decor. Two cocktails and a dance to copacabana and a multitude of cheese later, we've retired to bed (1am!!!!).

Tomorrow is our first port day-Oslo. We dock 9am but we'll be up early to see us sail through Oslofjord and take some landscape shots.

So far weather is good and it has been smooth sailing. Right now we are travelling at 20knots and right on the neck of the Baltic next to Denmark's west coast.

Next stop Oslo!

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