The Boring Forties

Flashback: Wednesday, 16 Dec.

We've been on the ship for about a week. The journey hasn't been too bad so far, we've both managed to avoid any serious sea sickness, but we're both starting to feel bored and restless.. We had nice weather for the first part of trip, during the roaring 40'ies (i.e. the ocean situated at between 40-50 deg. south, approximately the first 5 days of the journey), or the boring 40'ies as we called them here.. The winds and waves have definately picked up now as we've entered the furious 50'ies though. We've had around 10 meter waves for the last couple of days. Occasionally, light objects tends to fly through the air from one side of the room to the other, and walking around is a completely different sport now..

Our daily routines so far have been:
7.25: A quick stop aoutside for fresh air and some daylight.
7:30: Breakfast
Morning: Trying to work, Hanna goes ot the gym.
11.30 Lunch. Today we had the classical "Oxtail". They really stuff us full off all sorts of food.
Afternoon: Trying to do some more work, and I go to the gym. Maybe a nap or two as well, and a visit up on the "monkey deck" or the bridge to watch the waves.
19.00 Supper
20-22 Bar open. A glass of red wine together with some socializing.

Working on the ship is really really difficult. Even though we're not feeling too sick (although a constant headache seems to be present), it's just soo hard to focus. We don't have any windows in our room, which is not ideal, and if you sit in the salon which is more pleasurable,
you do have to make an effort to socialize a bit with the other passengers as well. And as the brain never seems to work for longer than 10 minutes, the extra company is often appreciated. Even though I haven't been taking sea sickness pills apart from at a few occasions, you still get very drowsy and the day just passes by without you noticing really..

Cheers,
Torbjörn