6th November 2009


Today was a day at sea. Having put our clocks forward on the 5th we both overslept until 9 am. Fortunately as breakfast is on the go until 11 am no great damage was done. The weather proved a disappointment with a lot of cloud and strong winds so no-one was brave enough to sit out, preferring the warmth of the solarium, We found seats and never moved the whole day!!! There were activities going on all over the ship and perhaps we will participate tomorrow which is another day at sea. As today is Friday we attended the Shabbat Service. About 12 men and 12 women attended and initially it appeared as if it was going to be a complete balagan; however it was a complete balagan as about 4 or 5 of the men who are Sephardi literally 'kidnapped' the service, omitting many things that I would normally expect in a Friday night service. The ship provided Manischewitz grape juice and 'challah' and the whole thing was over in about 45 minutes. We met fellow Jews from Leeds, London, Israel and Venezuela.