Days 6 and 7 on Queen Mary 2

All play and no work isn't good, so after breakfast on day 6 was laundry day.  The laundry room was conveniently located a few doors away from our stateroom.

Afternoon Tea was at 3:30 as usual. The fun savory below - ham wrapped around cheese and garnished with a squiggle of mustard - looked like a hot dog.

Loved the Battenberg cake for one of the desserts.

Entertainment was the string ensemble.  They were the only group to perform twice during Afternoon Tea.

It was the last Gala Night in the Britannia Dining Room [Roaring 20's], so Jerry and I had dinner in the Kings Court Buffet.  

Our voyage was quickly winding down.  The sun finally came out on our last day at sea, and as we sailed closer to England I saw signs of other Atlantic activity off in the distance - a freighter ship.  The Queen Mary 2 was no longer sailing alone.

On Day 7 we followed our normal routine - breakfast in Briannia and Afternoon Tea at 3:30 p.m.

Afterwards we went to the 12th deck - the observation area of the control room.  The captain and his crew were at work but no photography was permitted.  There were many high-tech monitors but no captain's wheel as in days gone by.  

Then it was up to the 13th deck - the highest deck.  It was very windy and scary.  I was anxious to return to the lower decks.

The deck in the photo below is where the helicopter landed the night of the medical emergency.  Just in front of where Jerry was standing were a few steps leading up to the bow of the ship.  I wouldn't go up there and no one else was up there either.  

When we came back down, the volunteer choir was performing in the Grand Lobby, and they were quite good.  I think Jerry had a twinge of regret that he didn't sing with them.

Soon it was time to get dressed for our last dinner onboard Queen Mary 2.  We were seated next to a very nice lady from Wichita, Kansas [a Baptist minister's wife and travel agent] who was traveling with her 15-year-old grandson from Dallas, Texas.

After dinner we packed our luggage and set it outside our door for pick-up so it would be ready when we disembarked the next morning.  We set our alarm for 5:00 a.m. to have our final breakfast onboard Queen Mary 2 at 6:30 a.m.

To be continued...