In the morning I was delighted to discover our route to Wellington took us close enough to the coast to see land.  On our previous New Zealand cruise with Seaborn, except when entering and exiting a port, our route was entirely out of sight of land.  They said the shipping lane was seven miles out—too far away to see.  Apparently, Viking sails closer to shore.

We are now half-way through our world cruise!  We started our second tube of toothpaste (now we know how long a (6 oz) tube of toothpaste lasts) and are scheduled shortly for our second haircuts.  How we measure time…