I leave my curtains open all the time which is currently problematic as the dawn light woke me at 4:35am this morning. The advantage to this is that I could go online and the internet is only slow, not glacial like in the afternoon.

I walked 5 laps (2 miles) after coffee, and another 3 after breakfast. Slowly but surely I’m getting better.

The lunch special in the buffet was an Aussie grill complete with meat pies. The hungry lined up in such numbers I had to wait until my 2nd pass to try! Somehow I don’t think I’ll do well at dinner.

At 1pm the fabulous Cruise Director Dave gave a fun talk on his hometown Sydney. What to see, what to do when we arrive there in 2 days time. We’re going to be docked at the foot of the Harbour Bridge and across from the Sydney Opera House – the perfect location. Unfortunately I have to be off the ship by 9:30am, fortunately my hotel in just around the corner from the ship!

Afterwards Aspen and I met up coincidentally in the buffet as we’d gone to replenish our wine before heading to our staterooms. We ended up sitting and chatting with another friend for a couple of hours and dragged him to evening trivia. And that ended up being enough for me for the night. Movie in my room and another early night.