Today is a sea day as we go from Hamburg, across the southern edge of the North Sea, through the Dover straights and head towards Southampton off the English Channel.
There is a fair amount of commercial ship traffic, mostly oil tankers. We pass numerous wind farms.
There just isn't much of interest going on today. Several runs of the show in the planetarium. No thanks. A repeat of "how to survive a trip to mars". It becomes just a very relaxing day.
The weather remains mixed. Some sun, some rain, mostly overcast and cloudy.
The seas probably peak at 12 to 15 feet midday, almost directly on our bow. The Queen takes the beating in stride keeping her decks perfectly stable for her passengers.
Many passengers are missing from the dining room tonight. I have no guess as to why, just the passenger dynamics of day to day cruise life.
1400 passengers need to pack today and have luggage out by 5:00 pm in anticipation of disembarkation in Southampton tomorrow.
The show tonight is spectacular. A husband and wife team of extraodinary gymnastic skills. Strength, coordination, and skill are spectacular, with artistic painting thrown in to provide them with a rest fom the physical demands of performing.
The Chart Room is packed, the busiest I have seen it. Three pillows and my back almost touches the back of the chair. Our usual bar stools were all filled.
Tonight we set our clocks back 1 hour during the night.
Tomorrow we are in Southampton where we refuel, reprovision, and change about half of our passenger manifest.
The weather is forecast to be sunny and reaching a high of the mid 70's.