Lazy Sea Days

A day at sea with totally calm seas and glorious blue skies. I think there will have been some sore heads this morning as the 'authentic' portuguese bbq was fairly riotous.. party central.... the food was good but it was packed... the best thing was they fully opened the retractable roof which totally changed the nature of the deck... letting the light and sunshine flood in and the swimming pool smells fly out.   Crew had made massive effort with decor and had set up cocktail bar stations and every possible table had been relocated to fill up the space... but with all the usual restaurants closed and people out to party for the night, table settings were limited so latecomers - like us - couldnt find a seat and ended up in the usual place , not really a problem for us but a lot of guests were disappointed npt yo be part of the main event. We took our food out and sat on the back of the boat and watched Madeira slip into the distance... meanwhile back at the party we could hear the various house bands driving the party along... dancing, conga round the pool, cocktails flowing... all finished off with the ABBA tribute band - who I, reluctantly admit, knew their stuff... and if you like that kind of thing were very entertaining.    

We couldn't help but think about Lost in the Woods - a local festival that we were missing..... 

The following day, as stated, was glorious. We sat on the sun deck for half an hour baking, before we realised that we are actually going to be burnt to a crisp if we stayed any longer.   I painted my little house in the art class and Dr Fred did some more work on his talks. It was a lazy day in the sunshine. In the evening we sat on the back of the boat with a glass of ice cold white wine watching the sun go down.  Couldn't really ask for more especially on a sea day.