Choppy Seas on Way Back--Saturday August 8th

August 8th, Saturday-At Sea
Today was a sea day from Iceland south-east in the north Atlantic, heading toward the coast of Scotland. We awoke to stormy seas and rain as we headed back toward the UK. There are no more post days so we are glad that the choppy weather waited until our return trip. We were so lucky to get great weather in all of the ports.
Since it is a sea day, we know it to be a work day for us. We were surprised to learn that we only were only scheduled to present a show today as our Sunday show is cancelled due to a scheduling conflict in the show lounge. We rehearsed in our stateroom in the morning where we were definitely feeling the rolling of the ship in this choppy North Sea conditions.
We attended the Captain's Corner presentation and listened to the senior officers explain the workings of this lovely ship and answer questions from the audience. We always learn something new at these shows and we were not disappointed. 
By the time of our show at 2pm, we were actually surprised to see the large crowd in the audience as

many of the guests were hunkered down in their staterooms due to sea sickness. It was very rocky with 80mph winds across the decks. All of the outside decks were closed.
We had some computer problems during the start of the lecture which added to our stress from the weather conditions but we worked our way through them. We were both stressed but did not show it as we know that regardless, the show must go on. We announced that the Scandinavian trolls that we saw so often in each port must have taken over our computer since the audio did not work at the start of the show and then started working as the show continued. By the ending of the show, we were happy that our Sunday show had been cancelled as we weren't sure what the trolls might do if we had to present another show.
After our show, we retreated to the stateroom for a few hours to relax after the computer stress during our show. Tonight was a formal night but neither of us had the desire to get all dressed up and go to the dining room so we picked up a snack at the snack bar in the Solarium. We attended an excellent production show of tango dancing. We were surprised at how well the dancers did with the rocking of the ship. It was beautifully executed with the dancers tossing each other around and never missing a step or dropping one of the dancers!
We went to bed early as it was easier to do than to try and walk around the ship with the rock and roll conditions. Tomorrow is the final day at sea so we will be relaxing and packing our suitcases in preparation for disembarkation early on Monday morning. We are scheduled to leave the ship by 7 am in Harwich, England and then board a bus for a couple of hour trip to London's Heathrow airport. We are staying overnight near the airport as we

80 mph headwinds across the deck.

have a very long non-stop flight to Los Angeles and then a shorter flight to Seattle. We are both ready to return home after this wonderful month away.