Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Cruise Day 2

 


On our first night on the cruise the ship is moving a lot, and there was a lot of announcements telling guest to hold on to handrails or walk close to the wall if they are feeling unsteady.

I did feel the ship moving but once I was in bed I didn’t notice it and had a good 9hrs of shut eye. I was still up at 5am and spent time writing my diary entry and drafting a letter to my penpals.

We had breakfast in the Botticell Dining room, and we will not be going back there, there service was so slow, and Tim didn’t like what he ordered. The bacon was so crispy it hurt our teeth; the waiter told us we should have ordered English bacon.

Jess started to feel sick with motion sickness and skipped breakie and return to her cabin to sleep, she in fact spent the rest of the day sleeping.

After breakie Sue and I went to hear a talk about Hobart and Port Arthur it was interesting but due to how much the ship was rocking I start to feel unwell, so we left before it ended.

After lunch Sue and I returned to our cabins for a nap, I was woken by my alarm for medication. I walked into the bathroom feeling great lost my balance or tripped I don’t know which and fell, I hit my head and ended up with a bruise on my arm, a sore right knee and a very sore and stiff neck. I managed to stand and walk back to the bed get my phone and ring Sue. I tried to ring Tim but couldn’t. Sue turned up in only a couple of minutes she was still in her nightie and barefoot and left her medallion in her cabin, she checked me over then returned to her cabin. She had to knock loudly on the door to wake Jess up to let her back in the cabin. She told Jess about my fall and assured I was alright, so Jess went back to sleep.

Sue messaged Tim and as soon as he saw the message he came back to check on me.

I am bruised and sore, in fact today I went and saw my GP because I still have a pain and stiffness in my neck and I have to have an Xray just to make sure all is good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 comments:

  1. Just reading about the motion makes me feel queasy. I struggle with motion sickness and have never been tempted to do a cruise for that reason. I hope the seas calmed and you enjoyed your voyage.

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    1. Yes we did enjoy the cruise, the only one of us to get seasick was Jessica

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  2. I've been on a couple of cruises that had bad weather. I always take medication with me for seasickness now. It's not fun! Sounds like you slept well though!!

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    1. Thankfully Jessica was able to get motion sickness tablets from the customer service desk

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  3. Oh my Jo-Anne, hope you will be ok after your fall. That is the trouble on ships the are not always steady. I believe that from Sydney to Hobart or Devonport or where ever in Tasmania that that particular way is rather a rough one regardless of the weather.
    I like my bacon crispy.

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    1. I didn't feel like it was that rough and I coped, I like crispy bacon but not that crispy

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  4. That fall would have alarmed anyone, Jo-Anne. Hope you're feeling much better soon!

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  5. Not a great thing for an enjoyable vacation. I was going to say, "Hope you bounced back well," but then I realized that was too- Al Penwasser-y...

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    1. I was in pain and sore but pretty much ok for the rest of the cruise

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  6. So sorry about your injuries. That bacon must have been the crispiest ever.

    Love,
    Janie

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  7. I would have gone to the talk about Hobart and Port Arthur also. Cruises often use the evenings for films, music and lectures.

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    1. That they do and I feel since there are a lot of older people on cruises they should also have some of the shows during the day

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  8. Glad you got a good nights sleep. So sorry about your breakfast. Sorry about you guys not feeling well. I know my DIL has to take pills on their cruises. OMG, I can't believe you fell. I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm sending prayers your way. ((HUGS))

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  9. Thanks the rest of the cruise we had breakie at the buffet and it was much better.

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