Wow Don you are really doing it! I am on the Sapphire Princess. we spent 5 days in Melbourne before boarding the ship and the hotel scales were in stones?? Had no idea how I was doing but since I didn't think all that well I did not bother to find out the conversion. Unfortunately my mother in law was taken back to the hospital with an infection and my husband decided he was just too worried about her to enjoy himself so he left the ship yesterday. He is home now and she is doing better but he's gonna stay home. That leaves me without a conscience! He is my Jiminy Crickett when it comes to diet and exercise. I did go walk around the deck this morning and I am wearing my pedometer. No expectation that I will lose anything but I am going to at least try to keep from putting too much back on.
This is a very pretty ship and my suite is huge. The balcony has 2 loungers and a table and 4 chairs. Very nice. But the food is not that great, reminicscent of cafeterias. Also my husbands situation really highlighted how much better we would have been treated by Regent or Silversea. Princess didn't even call him a taxi. we had to find the pier manager to help us so he could make his flight. I think I am going to stick with Regent from now on. But this is a fantastic part of the world. we had the best tour guide in Melbourne, so Don if you do decide to do this trip she was fabulous. She recognized the koalas in the bush by the markings around their noses, extraordinary! Kathy, have you been here? The photo ops are unbelievable. My pictures are really poor 'cuz I just have a little camera but you would get some amazing shots of the wildlife we have encountered. Anyway don't mean to change the topic of this thread. I am going to watch the carbs and stay active. Will report in more detail about the trip when I get back if you interested.
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Helen