Rockin and Rolling on the Tasman and I think it is Sunday, the 23rd of Feb

As this lady down the hall stated: By God, I think this is going to be a WALL-BANGER and she was not kidding.
We have been now 3  days at sea-waves over the bow, waves on the side, grey crappy weather, interspersed with brief sunshine and the cruisers say this is normal!!  These people are crazy!  Apparently nothing bother the cruisers- they keep up with their Martini's and Gin and Tonic's. Damn near about to kill us first timers.  Julie and I have decided  maybe our new cruiser trip will be by Ferrari and Porsche.

A few stories to carry over.  After we met Bob and Ellen we all had dinner together the next evening in Restaurant 2 ( this one needs a reservation) and it is a pre-fixe menu with little bites and wine pairings.  So during octopus ceviche Bob tells us the story of how men and women differ on toliet paper! I have really not ever given much thought to toliet paper but hey, when in the middle of the Tasman Sea, who cares.  Bob tells us there are rollers, gathers and folders.  Most women he says are gathers and rollers and most men are folders and when one is single and then hooks up with a female, men are shocked to find out how much TP we women use!!!  You can imagine how the conversation went from there.  Come to find out they met on a dating match service.  Ellen paid and was guaranteed 6 dates of the man of her dreams and here came Bob and they have been married for 16 years.  

We are sitting on the back of the ship on deck 5 somewhat out of the wind and the sea has settled a touch-either that or we are so used to the rolling and rocking we don't even care any more. Some are in swimsuits and  I am in sweats.  I am freezing, but then again I have just come from an ION massage where it is suppose to shrink the belly fat with warm clay and IONS attached to your tummy.  I have been ginger-limed scrubbed, wrapped in seaweed and lowered into a tank of warm water.  My facials have consisted of  mud, oxygen, collagen and god knows what else.  The only thing that I can say is Thank God we will be in Melbourne tomorrow.  These 3 days at sea have cost me a fortune, but I am fluffed and puffed.

The food has been quite good- we do have caviar delivered almost daily to the room.  Julie and I have been going to dance class, the first one CHA-CHA, then Waltz ,( I had to miss that,another body treatment) and today is Jive . 
All for now!