Another Email From Mary Lynn

Hello everyone,

We are on our last day of the sea journey and thank goodness it will be over at 7am our time tomorrow. We have been on rough seas since we left Cadiz, Spain. Phillip did not leave the stateroom for over 24 hours. We are both wearing our wrist bands, but for some reason he is experiencing light headedness. He has been eating bread mostly and an apple earlier today.

We are out of our room, obviously, and on Deck 1 near midship. This is supposed to be the most stable part of the ship with less roll. It is better but we are still moving from side to side. It is noon, January 4. Your time is 6am, January 4. We won't call you now!

We have had a great trip with the exception of these last two days. Have met some nice people, especially two couples from the UK. One lives near York in the northern part of the country and the other lives outside of London. They sit at tables for two right beside us in the main dining room. Each couple has bought a round of drinks in an upstairs lounge.

As always seeing another culture or two is the draw on these trips. We got to see real flamenco dancing in Cadiz. Very intense, very serious. It is an important part of Spanish culture. Even toddlers begin to move their hands in the way of the dancers.

Our next communication will be from home. In the morning we have to be ready to go by 8am and a Cunard coach will take us to Heathrow airport. We have a room at an airport hotel and will spend one night before the flight home on January 6. This afternoon and evening we will get serious about our packing. That will be fun! We will have to be creative with our packing and the purchases we have made.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again.

Love, ML