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Yesterday was a sea day
so I made use of the time to catch up on my blog and also start sorting through
photographs and uploading them as well.
Most guests are staying
on the ship but some were disembarking.
Unfortunately there had to be zero count (in other words the ship had to
be empty of guests) on board at some stage in the morning and so we had to get
off in order to go through customs and immigration even if we weren’t
disembarking. Fortunately the whole
thing was done in a nice systematic way.
Everyone was given a specific time slot during which to exit the ship
and head to border control so at least the terminal wasn’t heaving. Crew had its own border control queue. I could have clobbered the lass who dealt
with me at the customs desk – such a rude, sour-faced woman. Not even a smile or greeting … I wished I could have asked her why on earth
she stays in a job that she seems to detest.
Once we were through
customs and immigration I took time to sit down and read while waiting until I
could board the Maasdam again. Some
guests took taxis into town; others looked for free Wi-Fi around the terminal or sat down to read. In time word got around where there was free
Wi-Fi and I followed the ‘hungry for Wi-Fi’ guests. It turned out that the exit after border
control was just a side entrance and we would not being going back to the ship
that way. There was a main entrance to
the terminal was around the corner and also where the Wi-Fi was. Just as well I didn’t hang around at the
wrong entrance! Eventually we were
allowed to board the ship.
After lunch I had a bit
of a nap and woke up after the Maasdam had set sail towards New York.
Tonight we are going to
meet up with some officers in the main dining room for dinner. One of the officers is going to be giving us
a talk about the battle of Jutland. I’m
looking forward to it, having heard one of his previous dinner talks sometime
last month. He would make a good history
lecturer.
Tomorrow is another day
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Photographs - Views from the Maasdam
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