Discovering Oceana's promenade deck

A delightful thing about being on a cruise for the first time is that everything's new. Discovering the promenade deck was one of those moments. Very romantic, it encircles the ship and is something like a third of a mile around so people tend to take a walk or jog around it in the mornings. It's shaded in the heat of the day, and you can take a seat, order a drink from a passing waiter and watch the world go by. Either that or play deck quoites.

I just love the style, it reminds me old ocean liners taking people to a new life in America. And it took me about a week to spot that those fans in the ceiling are the hulls of the lifeboats suspended above. 'Oceana', that's written on the stern of the lifeboat.