Not the most auspicious week as I had a recurrance of the stomach trouble of the week before, oddly enough I had just had lemon meringue pie as dessert which is what set me off last week. I think I had better steer clear in future. So a bit of a wash out as I spent the last 24 hours languishing in my cabin and feeling very sorry for myself. We are docked at Lisbon but, sadly, I was not able to go on the excursion as I am still feeling a bit wobbly. Very annoying.
The weather is beginning to pick up and sun peering through the clouds so feel that it will be getting warmer in a day or two. Ventured out on deck for about ten seconds the other day and got back in quick as it was pretty chilly. Looking forward to just sea watching in the warm soon.
So not much to report at the moment. Crew and staff on board are all helpful and friendly and my steward is a sweetie. He is bringing me extra tea bags and milk as I have told him that two bags is not enough for me and when I was not well kept checking up to see how I was. He calls me Miss Elaine which seems to have a colonial feel about it!
He is also adept at leaving me an animal made out of towels each night. So far I have had an elephant and a dog and last night a frog.
The wifi is very patchy so may not be able to post too often, but will do so when in port as obviously the signal is stronger there.
Au reservoir