One of the joys of an Atlantic crossing is sea days.  Cunard provides a lot of diversions with lectures, music, games and plays.  But for me one of the joys is being outside and enjoying a walk around the deck, breathing in the air, and watching the sea.  In mid-September, the North Atlantic and be rough and we got a little of that on Wednesday and Friday.  On Friday we ran into a nor’easter that hammered the East Coast from Virginia to New England. 

But on the other days it was calm, smooth, and the temperatures were in the 60s.  I took some turns around the deck, swam some laps and sat out in a deck chair reading, the traditional pastimes on a crossing. Note that the hailing port of QM2 is Hamilton, Bermuda and not in the UK. But the ship still has the “Cunard Red” livery on its funnel.

On the foredeck there are things that look like sculptures and they are commonly called the “Commodore’s Cufflinks.”  They are spare propeller blades for the pods that drive the ship.  QM3 is the flagship of Cunard and traditionally the senior captain of the flagship is also Commodore of the fleet.  But recently Cunard has awarded the title Commodore to retiring long serving captains.  Currently the Commodore is Christopher Wells, a Cunard Captain for 20 years and Captain of QM2 for 13.  He retired in March of this year, and on retirement was named Commodore. 

Since we were heading west most of our sunsets were ahead of the ship but I caught some of the reflected glory from my balcony