Azura Day 13: North Coast of Africa (Sea Day)

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Weather: Overcast all day
Sea Conditions: Flat initially but swell building quite nicely much to Jon’s delight!

A lie in this morning and a late breakfast up in the buffet. Once again it was surprisingly quiet and no problems finding a table.

When returning to the cabin, Callum also noticed that someone had left him some chocolates!!

Today was meant to be “Fun in the Sun” Day around the pool … but the strong winds and rocking ship meant this had to be relocated to Manhattan. Guess the Name of the Bear, Guess the combined age of the Youth Team and Number of Sweets in the Jar we were miles out. But Callum won prizes for the Tin Can Alley (a sweet!), Coin Rolling (toy fish), Tombola (Key Ring), Straw Pulling (inflatable photo frame) and Darts (Carton Speakers!). A mini disco rounded the event off.

Tonight was the performance of the Azura Choir in the Atrium. We’d been listening in to their rehearsals for the last couple of sea days in the Planet Bar. Callum and I went ahead and caught the end of “I Love The Flowers” but the event had attracted a pretty good audience. I was really surprised with Callum – he listened very attentively to the songs and started the applause when the songs had finished. Afterwards we found seats at the window in Java and waited for Jon to join us.

The Choir … we knew the songs off-by-heart as they rehearsed in The Planet Bar every sea-day afternoon!

Callum decided he would eat with us this evening so he dressed up once more (not formal night but he donned his waistcoat, tie and smart shirt!) and we grabbed a pager for the Main Dining Room. The soup was gorgeous (Jon’s fav – Beef and Pearl Barley) and Callum and I opted for the steak. Needless to say, Callum’s steak was twice the size of mine … so made sure he saved a chunk for Jon to taste. Jon had the Welsh Rarebit – it was really light and very welcome after all the food that’s been eaten so far!

Afterwards, Jon and I headed to the Glass House for a glass of wine and got chatting to a couple of chaps on their first cruise. Al (the Sommelier at the Glass House) got talking saying that he had a very special mission whilst on shore leave this time around. He’d been planning a charity event for the last three years – driving Herbie – The Love Bug – over to Monte Carlo. Various celebrities had now signed up and the event was kicking off on 26^th May. It was being filmed, but whether this would make it on mainstream TV or not we didn’t know. We have the website so can find out more when we get back.