Beautiful morning in Milford today. One of the best I have ever seen. As we came around the bottom of New Zealand the sea got a little rougher and the clouds rolled in. You can see blue sky over the land but the clouds and winds are over the ocean. I think the Queenstown people will be having a nice day.

In Hobart we went to a delightful little town with lots and lots of flowers. I do get a little sensitive to flowers and almost immediately started sneezing and wheezing. It stayed with me for the next two days and I took some allergy drugs and I thought it would go away but this morning when I woke up I was really congested in the chest with a cough So I immediately went to ship’s doctor (who was really great) he is giving me some medicine and in particular eight breathing treatments over the next 2 1/1 days. After two treatments I am ALREADY getting better. I am just “hiding out” cancelled my dinner for tonight will eat in the cabin, told Fred I would be abandoning the trivia team and cancelled tomorrows tours. I do think this is just an allergic reaction it has happened to me before but I am not going to take any chances of infecting anyone so will lay low until it is far improved. If it is allergic reaction I think this will be gone pretty quickly. I really do not feel bad at all just wheezy and enjoyed a lazy afternoon watching movies, something I seldom do.

So lets hope after tomorrow I am okay again