Thank you for the comments while I was away and the pattern requests, which I will be sending shortly, when I recover from:
Worst souvenir: a combination sinus, ear and chest infection. I have a new sympathy for babies having difficult times in flight. I thought my head might explode.
Most cheeky moment: telling a man that he was mean for not letting his wife take her knitting on a 16 day trip.
Most productive knitting:
Variations on a theme, care for a pumpkin? One was for our dining room assistant server's expected baby.
The most stupid human trick that only Li could accomplish: spraying red wine over a white duvet before the bottle was even opened. While using a terrible corkscrew, I managed to push the cork into the bottle resulting in a fine mist of red stains. Yes, yes, yes, that was in addition to the wine spill in Rome.
What I missed most (other than the conspicuously absent Chuck): a reliable Internet connection. The satellite connection could take up to twelve minutes to send an e-mail. Still it was wonderful to have the opportunity to stay in touch with the home front.
Port where we found the most yarn shops: Madeira – three within blocks of each other.
Oink moment: the favourite nightly dessert was a seemingly innocuous chocolate melting cake. Really, how many calories can pudding cake with a teensy scoopette of ice cream have? One of our group members ordered this 15 out of 16 nights. On the last evening he was presented with the recipe. There was a collective gasp when we discovered seven servings contained a pound of butter, 10 eggs and a pound of chocolate. Low in sugar though.
Surprising aspect: how peaceful and relaxing five days bobbing along the Atlantic can be.
Most fun, though probably not a pretty sight: me and my middle age friends on the onboard water slide. That one deserves a post of its own, but for now I'm off to make a big pot of turkey soup.
Life's a Stitch 
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