Friday, December 25, 2009

Pirates, kites and carols (day 2@sea)

The ship has laid on quite a few activities for the kids – I think there are something like 16 children on board out of a total of about 60 passengers. The first thing happening today was a bridge tour where Pirate Lee taught the kids about charts, navigation, communication and so on. All very interesting and made a pretty good field trip! Next up was face painting which Caleb interpreted as “colour in your brother”. Aaron was not impressed with the result on his face! After lunch they had kite flying although it was too windy on the deck for much success, and then there was a kids’ movie. At 4.30 they had a treasure hunt which involved collecting items from all over the ship. The passengers seemed to be pretty tolerant of the herd of noisy children running around. The Captain’s Cocktail Party was held this evening in the main lounge and of all the things to talk to the captain about, we hit on photography! Supper was immediately following the party, and at 11.30 pm Nick led a small crowd in singing Christmas carols using the on-board guitar. I was long since asleep by then.

(Happy birthday, Kaydon)

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