Aug 8 - En Route to Oslo

Magic show last night was quite pathetic and Pops lost a corner of a $10 bill. He was quite deflated.

Today was a day at sea en route to Oslo. We cleared the Elbe River late last night and tooted along the east coast of Denmark, passing over the Jutland Bank, across the Skagerrak and will enter Oslofjorden early morning tomorrow. Days at sea are nice in that you don't have to wake up early (but we do anyway since we are tea central) and you get to bum around a lot which is my idea of a proper vacation. Read on deck for a while, snoozed under the fading sunlight and dressed up for our first formal dinner.

Now I don't knwo if you knwo this but when you travel with RK there is always special ordered Indian food. And so it was here as well. Jean, Pops and I were bang on time but everyone else arrived in drips and dribbles after our seating time. Consequently, service was a shambles, food was horrible (well their food - I ordered off the regular menu, clever me), RK had had a fight at the casino so was in a foul mood, people were told off for not dressing well enough, RK stormed out mid-meal and went to the buffet and all in all a royal scene was made by all. My escargot, in case you were wondering, was perfect. I retired to the Chart Room for some smooth jazz and went to bed early. Still haven't seen a film at the Planetarium but maybe tomorrow.