9. Sea day

Today is a sea day as we make our way south eastwards towards Port Said, so not a long report, just a couple of updates. There is unbroken sunshine, the temperature is 23C and we are in sight of the coast of Crete and two other small, barren Greek islands this afternoon.

Unfortunately, we have not yet won any of the trivia sessions....not really surprising as they are extremely well attended and there are some desperately fiendish questions! Still, we live in hope.

Neither have we had any visits to the roulette table, but I am sure that we will do before too long.

We have been to several of the nightly shows, which have been a bit hit and miss. The comedian was definitely a hit, but last night's singer/comedienne was more of the latter. Think Lily Savage crossed with Dame Edna Everage and you get the idea.

And finally, today's nature moment. We had a small mistle thrush perching on our balcony hitching a ride to somewhere south.