January 22, 2014. The Norwegian Star. Rock and Roll.

We have just spent two days rocking and rolling from Miami to Columbia, straight across the Gulf and Caribbean Sea.. With the wind speed at 45 mph and the waves at over 7feet, we definitely knew that we were at sea. After breakfast, we went for a walk and had so much difficulty walking we decided to head to our cabin. Ken already has trouble with balance, so with the rolling and the rocking of the ship, we decided to call it quits. On Monday, looking at the computer made me queazy, so I left the machines alone yesterday, but today we are in port, so all is well. When I looked at my iPad this morning, I had 70 e mails. Today we are in Cartagina, Columbia. Elvia, our housekeeper of many years, always spoke about the city as beautiful, but we are not going to see it, except from a distance. Those bus tours are not appealing. Today is warm. It is the first time since arriving in Florida that we have felt hot, which is a good thing because we like warm weather. So far so good. We have not yet gotten our sea legs but I assume that the small muscles used to stabilize us will soon get stronger. We hope so.