It is raining this morning, just fine rain but enough to wet you. We have had our breakfast and re-packing our bags. Where do we get all the extras that we have to pack? Maybe gifts for those back home!!!
Andrew and Simon sent a text for ‘Happy Father’s Day’ to their Dad. I forgot, so I must be having a good time to not remember.
We were picked up at 11.45 to go to the ship, Crystal Louis. It is moored at the port and the bus that takes us there is similar to the one we have been travelling in for the past 2 weeks.
We arrive at the port and meet our Tour Guide, Barbara. She gives us the information that we will need to board the ship.
On board we are taken to our cabin but not before we hand over our passports. The ship will keep them for embarkation and disembarkation at each port. Apparently it makes it much easier for the crew to hand in all passports of those getting on & off the ship. I remember when we had to hand over our passports on our very 1st trip, I wasn’t too impressed doing this but it is the done thing.
We had a quick look around the ship and then we had to ‘muster’ in the lounge for our life/safety drill. We had to get our life jackets from our room and they showed us how to put them on etc.
We came back to our cabin to get ready for meet the Captain and have cocktails with him. They had champagne, white wine, cocktails, nibbles and water. We had our photo taken with the Captain (who was younger than I thought he would be) and then the Captain introduced us to his senior staff on the ship.
We came on down after this and had our dinner. There were 10 of us at the table. Wally & Helen, Helen & Brian, Kel & Liz, Anne & Tony and Sandy & me. The people were on our Turkey tour also and we had made friends with them. We had a nice meal (sit down meal which you could pick entree, main and dessert) but I think 8 would be enough on a table. They gave us iced water from a jug (which was free) but if you opened the bottle water on the table you had to pay for it. Anyway, it is only for dinner and only for 5 more nights.
Anything you have is in Euros and you pay at the end of the cruise. It can be quite expensive. E.g. Safe in your room is 20e & if you lose your key it is 100e fine; bingo is 5e for 2 games; beer is 4e; there really is nothing that is free.
Went back to Wally and Helen’s cabin (which is next to our cabin) for a bottle of wine to celebrate our ship cruise. Thank God there is only 1 bottle as it wasn’t crash hot. After the 2nd glass it was starting to go down a bit smoother.
The cabin is really good. We have 2 single bed, a wardrobe and ½ wardrobe, shelving, lounge and round table, a shower/toilet and TV. It is clean and that is all you can ask. There are a few of our people from our tour complaining about their cabins. We have been lucky as we think we have been upgraded as the ones complaining have double bunks, ½ wardrobe, no lounge or table and an old TV (where we have a flat screen even if you can’t understand much of the language). I think they are going to take their matter further but (I know nothing).
We came to bed and all we could hear was the noise of the ship’s engine. After about ½ hour you didn’t mind the noise and we slept soundly.
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