Life on a Cruise.

Day three of our cruise on the P and O ship, Britannia continues to offer unlimited opportunities for relaxation and activity.
So far I have not lifted a finger to domestic activity, save unpacking my suitcase.Our beds are made each day,turned down for us at night with a chocolate on the pillow and food available  in many different stations at different decks. You just get up from a table and walk away. Spoiled rotten I hear you say.
Our cabin has a balcony which we can sit out on and watch the world go by. Not this morning though as it is a little wet and the temperature was 12°!
We awoke to rain and some large waves because of the wind but that has dropped back now and the sky is clearing.The first day at sea was warm and the top deck was full of people sunbathing and swimming in the pools.Yesterday was cooler and  hardy folk had cover ups on.
I went up on deck to photograph the longest bridge in the world as we passed underneath.It connects Sweden and Denmark and is ten miles long?Called Overlund (...?...).
The daily events are listed each day in a magazine called Horizon which is  delivered to your door each evening and lists all the events on offer for the day.The Lions versus the Blues game is showing now and there have been a number of talks on offer. We went to one on Copenhagen to show the places to visit and another on the Russian Folk Art lacquer work.We have been to three of Carl's talks on Russian Art and they have all been excellent.This afternoon we will go to another on the Russian dolls.
We have also been to exercise classes and the library which has an impressive collection of books for loaning.There are so many different locations to explore with a variety of functions.Sports,entertainment,dancing,concerts.There is a choir for the singers amongst us and a spa and health Centre for pampering plus bars and theatres, swimming pools on the top deck.
Our cabin is on the 12th deck,number 120.There are 18 decks altogether plus a promenade deck.It takes a while to walk around the ship.I walked a mile this afternoon around the promenade deck, 7 laps in total and climbed lots of stairs.
Tonight was another black tie dinner night but we found you can go to the Horizon restaurant in less formal clothes.There was also a ball on tonight.Jim would have loved this trip.Strictly dancing stars are here taking dancing lessons and holding demonstrations.
Tomorrow is our first port of call.We are berthing at Helsinki and taking the shuttle bus into the town during the morning.In the afternoon we are off to see the reindeer in a local nature park.