Day 12 – Waves and Wind on the High Seas!

Normally I would not write about our day at sea since there isn’t really anything exciting which happens. Well, I was wrong about it for our last day. Thursday night around dinner time (~ 8PM) the sea started to get rough. I didn’t think anything of it since it wasn’t bothering me. However, Mom was getting a little seasick so she took some Dramamine to help calm her stomach and the feeling of dizziness she had. So off to dinner we went. After sitting down, I could tell she was not doing well. In fact, she looked a little green. She ordered her food hoping this would help, but she knew she couldn’t make it through dinner so she went back to the room to lie down. After dinner, I went back to the room to check on her and I noticed by the elevators they had the bags you see on planes for air sickness. Apparently this was affecting a lot of people.

I went to bed and didn’t think anything of the waves. Only hoped they would lull me to sleep and be gone when the morning arrived. Well it didn’t quite happen liked I had hoped. During the night the waves picked up as did the winds. I woke up at 7 and at 8. Mom woke up too and asked if I felt the waves during the night. I said I did but then she proceeded to tell me the waves were up to our window when she looked out during the night. I didn’t need to hear to one. She decided to call the concierge to see if there was any update on when they thought the waves might lessen in intensity. They thought between 11 and 12 noon. We went back to sleep after hearing this. When we woke up again about 11:40 it wasn’t much better. In fact, we turned on the TV and it said we were having high waves (duh!) and the winds were 45mph. Just as a side note, a tropical depression has winds of at least 35mph and as the winds increase they look to see if it will become a hurricane. We didn’t have to worry about this since it was sunny outside and the water is much too cold for a hurricane to form in the North Sea. It is now 5:05PM for us and it seems like the waves have started to calm just a little. A couple of hours ago, I turned on the TV to check out the waves (still high) and the winds. The winds were down to 30 mph.

After having the hurricane come through Ohio last year, I never wanted to experience high winds like those again. Well, I guess I can be thankful the winds didn’t get any higher than 45mph but I am ready for the boat to stop rocking and to be on dry land once again!