{"id":6258,"date":"2022-08-11T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6258"},"modified":"2025-10-31T18:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:42:39","slug":"britannia-baltic-cruise-day-5-sea-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=6258","title":{"rendered":"Britannia Baltic Cruise – Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A lie in this morning – again, we’d missed breakfast in the MDR, so up to the buffet we went.  Really quiet once more and loads of free tables.  Afterwards we found a table by the rails in Java and I had a coffee and Callum a Hot Chocolate and another couple of games of Carcassone.  Again, Callum and I won one game each.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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We then dropped everything back into the cabin and thought we might sit out on the balcony.  That lasted all of 5 minutes.  The balcony was in full sun and it was too hot to sit out.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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In the end, we managed to find a couple of  comfy seats by the lido deck so we chilled there instead.  We did take part in the Jukebox Heroes Quiz run by DJ Phil and scored 30\/40 – not bad (the winners scored 39).  A couple of slices of pizza would tide us over for lunch before heading down to the Syndicate Quiz.  36 teams were taking part today.  Callum had to chose our number – we were team 13 today!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We started off pretty well and had only got 2 out of 15 questions wrong – we were joint top of the leaderboard at this stage with team 12.  Disaster hit and we didn’t get another questions right – but neither had team 12 \u2026 but,  another two teams had caught us up.  4 way tie to decide the winners.  The question was in what year was the British Museum founded.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Callum thought it was 1868 so we went with him (as good a guess as any) and the other teams went with 1874, 1881 and 1923.  The actual year was 1759 so even though we were over a hundred years out, we won by virtue of being closest and took home home the bottle of house red!! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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As it was a sea day, this was our second formal night. Granny had leant out Grandad’s DJ and Callum opted to wear this tonight. We had booked tickets to see Astonishing – the Steven Mulhern show – performed by the Headliners Theatre Company. Jon (again!) wasn’t too convinced but went with us as Callum and I both wanted to see it. As we entered the theatre, we were all given an envelope and told to hang onto it until the appropriate time.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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It was pretty well done – and Jon thought it was OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the show, we went to get a table – we were given a buzzer and went to wait in the Blue Bar. Drinks had just arrived when the buzzer went off so headed to our table. The meal was a little bizzare … there were a few other tables seated by us and we all arrived and ordered at similar times. If you remember the Morecambe & Wise \/ Andre Previn sketch where he played all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order … well, the meals and serving was in this vein. All the right meals but not necessarily served to the right people!! A bit of swapping plates and all sorted … and thankfully those of us affected all saw the funny side of it. The waiters were getting a little frustrated by chaos they had caused!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As with all Celebration Nights onboard P&O, Brodies were running a James Bond quiz. Usually very popular and this cruise was no different. A good range of questions and some really hard. We ended up with 29 \/ 36 points … not too bad but we do need to watch the more recent Bond Films. We’d only seen Daniel Craig in Skyfall and No Time to Die!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Brodies, we headed up to one of our favourite spots onboard – the Sunset Bar. Armed with Kindles we sat out overlooking the wake … well, no real wake to speak off as we were barely moving and sea was like glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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