# Day 9: At Sea
Source: https://sumnerevans.com/posts/travel/2012-transatlantic-cruise/day-9-at-sea/
Published: 2012-05-08
Travel, Transatlantic Cruise and Europe
## Sumner
Like I promised I will describe to you the nature of the ship today.
Hopefully it isn't to convoluted for you to understand. I will hopefully
before the trip is completed be able to add a link to the website with
the plans of the ship and of the rooms. And as a picture tells a
thousand words... My posts will only be a helper as you look through the
pictures. Maybe I will post that in Lisbon, or... Maybe not. We'll see.
[The rest of this posts will be posted under the title Day 11: At Sea]
I admit, I have been staying up watching shows etc. way too late and
once I get to the blog it is often eleven o'clock at night. Right now I
am writing this while waiting for a show to start. Now you can go to Day
11. See you there!
\~Sumner
## Hannah
Today I had set an alarm for 8:15. We got up and dressed, and went to
breakfast AT THE RIGHT TIME! Afterwards, I went to club HAL. I started
off with making ANOTHER friendship bracelet. It is REALLY COOL. This
morning was movie morning, so we watched a movie called **Over the
Hedge**. It is a REALLY funny movie. You should watch it. We a few
difficulties with the DVD player. (Well, we also used the DVD player for
the X-box 360) You know what? Whenever one of the counsler lady got up
to fix it, the movie started to play normally again. It was HILARIOUS!
Not much yet, going to lunch right now.
Hannah
Welcome back to the Noordam Cruise boat! We just finished lunch. I just
figured out that I have A LOT of "secret" friends. For instence, John
(the 21ish year old) we have this "secret smile. And Lance Ringnald and
I are "friends." (Although, we just say hi, and have this smile thing)
Anyway, back to the story. Right after lunch I went back to Club HAL. We
did oragami. I had had LOTS of practice last year. (I had had this
oragami calender) I got to help most of them. Apparently my friend,
Caleb, hurt his foot. So I did not see him for the whole afternoon.
After oragami, we got to start a scrapbook. I did mine on the cruise.
Anyhoo, after scrapbooking we played gaga ball. It was REALLY fun and
tiring.
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A LITTLE WHILE LATER\*-\*-\*-\*-\*-
Here we are at dinner. It started raining toward the end of
dinner. GUESS WHAT??? We saw another ship! (Although it WAS some sort of
fishing or cargo ship) AT LEAST we saw another form of civilization! We
are now confidant that we will make it across the Atlantic Ocean.
Woohoo! excactly after dinner, I went to Club HAL. Tonight was Carnival
Night. We got to play ALL sorts of games. There was also face painting.
I got a flower, but washed it off when I got in the room. Kate (the
instructer for the 3-7 yr olds; and the lady that did face painting) she
gave me a REALLY pretty flower on the side of my face.) For prizes, I
got 2 Holland America Line rubiks cubes. I also got a Club HAL "The
Loft" keychain. I am SO excited because we are going to our 1st port
tomaorrow! We are landing in Ponta Delgada in the Azores. (A set of
islands owned by Portugal.) Got to go to bed now! Good night people!
***-Hannah- :P***