Tuesday, November 28 -- Good News

We continued west today heading for Madeira.  Seas were calm and there was almost no motion to the ship.

Apparently the noro-virus plague has been conquered.  Yesterday we noticed that silverware, napkins and salt & pepper had reappeared on the tables in the Lido restaurant and on the tables by the pool.  Today, the self-serve taco bar was open for the first time since the noro scare began.  Naturally, we celebrated with ooey, gooey nachos for lunch.

Other than that, we spent the day reading before our regular afternoon SCAN and mentally prepared ourselves for what we consider the last real port.


TOMORROW – Funchal, Madeira 

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