I went to a lecture about our upcoming ports and was
starting to feel a little sick. So, I came back to the cabin and ate all the
loose chocolate candy from the last few days. They put a chocolate on our beds
every night. It just proves the truth of the Harry Potter stories that chocolate
has curative properties.
The captain spoke over the PA at 1 p.m. He said a passenger asked him why the
ship was moving and what we can do about it. He said the stabilizers are
reducing the roll by 85%. We would be
rolling about 40 feet each way without them. He said we are heading into an
area of high pressure and the movement should decrease by later this afternoon.
The captain is actually pretty funny. When we left Naples on
Thursday, he said that we needed to keep a sharp lookout for small fishing
boats. They come back to the harbor every evening about the time we sail out.
They don’t have any running lights. If they get scared by seeing the Eurodam
bear down on them, they light newspapers and wave them in the air. He said he
hoped they have plenty of matches and it doesn’t rain.
