Wednesday 9 March - Life on the ocean wave

The weather today has been a real bonus, the sun was out and it was warm enough to sit on the balcony. Our ship is about 30,000 tons and registered in Valletta, the cruise is proving to be really good value as not only is the wine included, but also soft drinks, teas & coffees, pre dinner horses d'ouvres (at least that's what we thought and that's why we won't eat them.......not really)! The big news of the day is that the captain in his midday announcement, following his previous items of good news, calmly announced 'oh by the way there has been a 7.2 earthquake in Japan and a tsunami warning!' Alright the tsunami was only going to be half a metre in height but nevertheless.........