We woke and realized it was almost 9.00 and breakfast closes at 9.30. So we threw on some clothes and went down to deck 6. David found us on the way so the 3 of us went to the restaurant and our table was eventually filled with other people so we could order. I had all bran and an omelette.

Not long after food arrived Kaoru wasn’t feeling too good. She had a headache and hadn’t slept well so she went back to the room. David and I finished our breakfast and then I went back to clean my teeth. I told Kaoru to stay in bed, while I went down to meet the others.

David got some sea sickness bands for Kaoru in case that’s what was affecting her, so I took them to the room. She was fast asleep so I quietly dropped them off and went for a wander around the ship.

12.00 we all met at the Crown Grill for a British lunch. Kaoru didn’t each much; Dad and I enjoyed the steak and kidney pie, Mum and Kaoru tried a ploughmans, and Julie went for the Fish and Chips. David and Izzy had bangers and mash, while Ethan had Mum and Kaoru’s break.

Kaoru and I did a few laps of the ship to pass the time and then went to watch the destination presentation for Picton and Akaroa. There was a strong perfume so Kaoru had to leave it and go lay down. I had trouble staying awake for the presentation so once it was over I went and joined Kaoru for a lay down.

We all met again at 4.15 for trivia and then just after 5 in Mum and Dad’s room after changing for dinner, to crack a champagne (followed by a cheeky dark and stormy for Dad and I). We then went to Bernini’s for dinner with a bottle of white.

We had to skip dessert and rush off to the auditorium to watch the stand up comedian. He was just telling old one liners, although there were a couple of new ones in there. Not anything fantastic though. Then Julie, Kaoru and I went to the Yes/No game (Kaoru and I got dessert first). Julie put us both down but only she got called up. She had to go 3 minutes without saying “Yes” or “No”. 2.5 minutes in she starts laughing and tells the quiz master that he missed it because she said no already! So she dobbed herself in and missed out on the bottle of champagne.

We then saw the 10.15 presentation of Motor City – the nights performance. Some good songs but I didn’t think it was too special. By the time it was over Kaoru and I were getting tired so we called it a night.