June 26, looking down a narrow lane in the small fishing village of Skudeneshavn during our visit to the port of Haugesund.
June 26, looking down a narrow lane in the small fishing village of Skudeneshavn during our visit to the port of Haugesund. |
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 By 7:45 AM, we were down in the hotel's busy dining room for a healthy breakfast. (They had a pretty good selection; I passed on the sausages (bangers) and salty meats to stick to my "don't-gain-too-much-weight" diet plan.) Baked beans are apparently a common British (European?) breakfast item. They were served every morning on the ship. And they weren't as sugary as American baked beans. |
 By 9:45, we were all down in the lobby, ready to catch our pre-arranged private car to Southampton and the port where we'd find our ship. |
 Down the road we went, encountering a little traffic, but no traffic jams. It was a smooth ride; even our driver was surprised. Then, around 11:30, we spotted this sign, and shortly after, this. It took our driver a while to get to the right dock, but eventually he found it. We had arrived. |
 Check in and getting through security was pretty straightforward, though I did run into a minor problem that taught us a good lesson for any possible cruises we may take. |
 By 12:45, we got into our Deck 9 (Dolphin Deck) stateroom, D329, and it was really nice, especially the balcony, where I would end up spending a lot of my idle time. I immediately went out and took a picture from the balcony looking forward (you can see the ship's bridge), looking aft, and looking right across the inlet from where we were docked. I loved it already. We settled into our room and relaxed for a while. |
 And then it was time for our first meal on board. I ate light; a lox sandwich and a salad. That would be enough. (I suppose I had a dessert - they always had plenty of fancy desserts - but I don't have any pictures of it.)note documenting our meals all during the cruise. You'll notice it many times as you continue to view this website. |
 There is something very interesting in this picture taken from Deck 16 of the ship looking ashore, one of this first pictures I took from what turned out to be one of my favorite vantage points. There are hundreds of Teslas parked there, mostly black, in various lots around a Tesla-branded building. I asked one of our guides about it and found out that Uber prefers Teslas in the U.K., and that Tesla gives them a very nice £10,000 discount on each car. Additionally, many are just simply imported for the consumer market, and many are also exported to other European conutries, truly a Tesla marketplace. |
 And right at 4:30, after we watched our safety briefing and checked in at our muster station, we sailed away (3:58)note be boring to you, but I enjoy watching them. As we depart one port on our way to the next, we say goodbye to a place we're unlikely to ever see again. Next Top |
