Another time change last night, so our body clocks are all over the place. We were up and in the breakfast room early for 7.30am this morning. We saw Paul and Robin the Facebook page Admins that we met yesterday and they asked if we would join their table for breakfast. We felt special. Breakfast this morning took two and a half hours as we kept meeting people we know or when new people come and sat at our table once our Facebook friends had left. We have nothing to hurry for though, as it is raining again outside. There is always a risk of this on a Transatlantic particularly at this time of year. It is winter after all. Looking through the Norwegian Epic daily yesterday, we spotted the cake making competition. This is always ... read more

From the daily for today, we note that there is a port presentation today, but it is at 11.00 which we cannot make. They will give out the port booklets with the free gift vouchers for the disabled lady. On our way to breakfast, we asked at guest services if we would be able to get a copy of the booklet. They advised that we would need to talk to Jake who was leading on that. We then walked over the cruise excursion desk and Jake just happened to be there. He took us to where the presentation was to be held, and we obtained three copies of each of the booklets. Just have to see how many of these gifts we can get when in port. See a personal challenge for us here. We had ... read more

The weather today is getting better, although it is still a bit windy. Last night, we were given details of the first laundry offer for tomorrow. Fill a bag for $19.98. As we have Gold with NCL, we get the bag at half price. We just about managed to fill the bag. We had an early start this morning, so had a quick breakfast in the buffet. This morning, we took part in the behind the scenes tour of the ship taking just under three hours. This included all restricted areas other than the bridge which is off limits. There was a group of 13 of us, and it was all very friendly. We got to see most of the main workings of the ship. A lot of the senior staff members made themselves available to ... read more

The weather is slightly better this morning, but is still not nice enough to be sat outside on the balcony. We had a leisurely breakfast in the buffet then went for a walk around all of the ship. There were a few hearty souls that had been brave enough to sit outside, but we are used to warmer than this. We stopped and watched a presentation on the making of Japanese food that was very interesting. We also stopped by the medical centre as they were very good to George when he was sick on our last transatlantic. A quick lunch in the buffet was followed by a session of travel blog writing and photo sorting. This afternoon George attended another friends of Bill meeting. There were a lot more people at this one This evening, ... read more

This will be our third transatlantic cruise and second westbound. It has been difficult trying to pre guess what the weather will be like whilst crossing the Atlantic. Another early start, as we wanted to get to the ship early to get a Posh Pass. Not holding out much hope, but being early will give us the best chance. This is a paid for pass to an exclusive luxury bathing area on the top deck. There is a kettle in the room but no tea or coffee, so no hot drinks to start the day. The first tough decision of the day. Last night, we ordered a taxi for our journey to the port. When we got out of the hotel, he was parked on the side of the road waiting for us. 15 minutes early. ... read more