Second Day at Sea

Today started with an unusual event. When we awoke, the ship was slowing to a stop just off the north of Scotland! We then spotted a small boat headed our way. It turned out to be a service called Lifeboat and was meeting our ship due to a passenger medical emergency. No details were provided, but I did see an older man and lady being helped onboard the Lifeboat.
Yesterday at the local museum I spotted some brochures about Scotland. What caught my eye was the German editionwhich had this interesting title. When I studied German in college I recall the German word for Scotsman was "schotte" so I figured my ancestors must have migrated from Scotland to Germany back before last names were assigned and were known to the Germans as "the Scots". But this is the first time I've seen our surname in print with the exact same spelling.
We have quite a few activities today. This morning Mary attended the cooking demonstration followed by a gallery tour while I watched the final space shuttle landing on CNN. After she finished the tour we headed to Pub Lunch for fish and chips, then I played bridge while Mary attended the Port talk.
Late afternoon, since it was such a beautiful, sunny day, we put on our bathing suits and hit the hot tub! Who'd think we'd be doing that so near the Arctic Circle. (At our northernmost point when we passed Scapa Flow and the Orkney Islands we were nearly 59 degrees north latitude.) But it was warm enough today -- as long as you stayed in the sun. Sorry, no pictures were taken 8-)
It is formal night tonight so we got dressed up and enjoyed a nice dinner. We had a variety of entrees, but all enjoyed the cold soup even if it was not as good as the pina colada soup the first night. All in all, a nice relaxing day at sea.