June 5 – AT SEA

delicious cheese

Weather – 16º

Steps – 2,883; this has to be a record low!

Humidity – little%

Motion of the ocean says it all about last night and today. Again, there was a lot of rocking and rolling, but I felt fine…that is until I got up and moved around. By the time I’d had a shower (where I had to hold on, especially anytime I closed my eyes) and was ready to leave the room, I was feeling a bit queasy. Not too bad, but something wasn’t quite right – I got a bit to eat and sat for a while and felt better, but still a bit off.

We read for most of the morning, ate lunch, and went back to bed. It wasn’t warm enough to sit outside and there was little for ship activity (not that we partake much anyway) so I figured horizontal was the position I needed to take. After a nap I felt better, but still not 100%.

The star of tonight’s dinner was French fromage. Apparently, the chef went on a cheese run yesterday in La Rochelle. All 3 cheese were delicious!

turn down treat - post-its

The star of tonight definitely wasn’t the ship’s Asian restaurant. Although we had a reservation, they had no room for us because earlier reservations came late and others stayed too long. We were asked to wait in the lounge, but eventually
we bailed and went to the main dining room. When I went to tell them we were bailing, they were mortified and extremely apologetic, but come on…you can take the reservation, but you can’t hold the reservation!

Earlier we learned that getting into tomorrow’s port of St. Malo, France would be unlikely due to the weather and the fact that we would be tendering – rough seas and tender boats don’t mix.

turn down treat - eye glass cloths

Tonight, during dinner that was confirmed - we will be going straight to Guernsey, UK. However…Guernsey is also a tender port, and the weather isn’t expected to improve for at least a day. We’ll bob around in the English Channel gazing at Guernsey dreaming of all the pints in pubs we’ll be missing.

The cruise director (or entertainment manager as Windstar calls them) put on his own after-dinner 30-minute show of a handful of songs that would fit right in on Regent.

By the end of the day, the seas had calmed a bit and so had my belly. I was glad to get back to horizontal and call it a day.

No photos today, so I thought I'd add some of the turndown treat that have been left for us.