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You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced...
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Nov 16, 2011 07:00 PM We are already in the tropics!
It seems that we crossed today the Tropic of Cancer, so we are in the tropical zone now. There is a lot to expept sunbatthing on our ship. In the dining room I met the pianist who plays and sings every night at our Schooner Bar. I like his music so during the meal we were talking abouth the music and about Australia (he said he is from Australia). Finally I said that I am from Poland.
What? From Gdansk, Poland! You know, I am also Polish origin, I have the home in Cracow! ...and we started to speak Polish of course.
Yes, some people from my country try to hide their roots. An artist plaing here nicely violin during the evening show introduced herself: born in Poland, but British passport and my house is in Miami.
I am not ashamed to be from Poland. And I do hope that Poland is not ashamed of me...
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Nov 15, 2011 07:00 PM Show on the ice! Why not?
I did not expect that we will have such a large group of Puertoricans aboard! For them it is great chance for the inexpensive vacations. They took one-way fligt to Europe and now
they are coming back directly home by the sea. Spanish is the second language aboard. Most of them are very simple people.
There are polite (but sometimes noisy) Germans. Educated, but it is hard to say that they are friendly. And there are also French - locked in their French-speaking colony. They probably still think that whole the world should learn their beautiful and elegant language... :)
I like most the Americans - they are easy-going, open and - just like me - happy to meet and talk with other interesting people - !
Our ship a has a skating arena. The passengers can use it from time to time. But the main reason is to perform the show on ice. International team of 10 skaters is giving very impressive spectacle. With lights, music and costumes. I had really great time! One of the skaters is from Poland!
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Nov 14, 2011 07:00 PM Full sun in the middle of Atlantic Ocean
The guys who mantain our ship have a lot of those sophiticated toys, but sometimes they do not know how to operate them properly: On the internal TV they have a program showing some details of our position, ship's time etc... When I switched on TV around 6 am they were announcing that the sunrise at the the position was already at 3 am!
When I went out to the deck from my inside cabin it was still dark! Go back to the school dear crew members!
It is getting warmer. We are sailing on the course of 258 deg - south-west-west. so every day we are closer to the equator. Today was first day with the fully clear sky. Seems that all
passengers went to the open decks. Me too! For swimming in the pools and sunbathing. They offer unlimited icecream, but if you want softdrinks you have to pay extra.
I prefere cold milk - it is healthy and included! :)
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Nov 13, 2011 07:00 PM Sailing the ocean
Our captain is from Norway. At noon he always addresses to the passengers announcing where we are. Today he announced that the closest land is Santo Antao Island on Cape Verde. This brought me memories from this little but exciting island: the grog story and my solo moutain walks from Ribeira. It was quite different world!
We had today an interesting lecture about The Caribbean Islands. Unfortunately the ship company cares more about onboard sales that about the lectures for the passengers:
There were no port lectures related to the Lanzarotte, Las Palmas and Tenerife. They deliver to the cabins a lot of commercials, but do not print the basic maps of the visited ports. You better bring them with you!
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Nov 12, 2011 07:00 PM Night wake up in the sea
Our first day at sea. There will be six days and seven nights until we will reach St Thomas - our first island in America.
At breakfast I met an interesting couple from San Francisco. I told them that I am convinced that in the USA there are only two cities with a special atmosphere: San Francisco and New Orleans. It seems that they love their place on earth and they were very happy to hear that. Then I asked them if they know that there is also a city called "Russian San Francisco" They did not know Vladivostok so I had a chance to share with them my knowledge...
TV set in my last expensive inside cabin swithes on at 4 am. It is not a timer, but probably effect of the broken switch.
I reported this to the guest relations desk. So far no reaction. I am disconnecting power for the night.
Good night!
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Nov 11, 2011 07:00 PM The best of Tenerife.
Ship was sailing all night. At the sunrise we were already in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Once on the deck I saw sharp mountaine just opposite to our jetty...
Tenerife is the biggest island in the Canary chain. I book the tour to the north of the island - just to see more and expecting that there will be aview of the volcano Teide - more then 3700 m high. They took us to some view points, but sorry - the sky was cloudy and the view of the Teide summit obscured. Instead I saw the banana plantations, historic town Puerto de la Cruz and the impressive sea cliffs of this volcanic island.
The guides do not write about this, but you can easily go from Santa Cruz to the colonial city of San Cristobal de la Laguna - listed
on the UNESCO' World Heritage list. It is located about 500 m above sea level so it is hard to believe that they built the tram line to La Laguna. Yes, they did! Trams go every 10 minutes, the trip takes half an hour and is dirty cheap: 1.35 euro each way. La Laguna is a great complex of the old architecture. St Augustin church is in my opinion the most picturesque!
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Nov 10, 2011 07:00 PM National Day in Las Palmas...
It is our National Day in Poland today. I celebrate it in Las Palmas - the capital city of Gran Canaria Island we are docking close to the downtown it is walking distance. Las Palmas is a huge city sprayed out on the slopes of the hills. But I want to see more than the city. The bus takes me first to the Maspalomas Dunes - the miniature desert at the end of the island where tourists can take a ride on the real camels. From this area a narrow and windy road climbes to the center of Gran Canaria.
The scenery of the quite big canyon is great. The road finally goes to the Winery where they explain the production process and you have the chance to taste 3 different wines. In the afternoon I visited the old town of Teror - first capital of the island established in the interior. With cobbled narrow streets, basilica and the museum in the old mansion it is definitely worth a visit. I returned to the ship only 15 minutes before sailing out at 5 pm. Why dont they dock longer?
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Nov 09, 2011 07:00 PM Canary Islands - Lanzarotte
We were sailing all night to be in the Lanzarotte in the morning. After a lush green of Madeira volcanic Lanzarotte looks very dry. But it offers great Timafaya National Park with some interesting demonstrations (blowing steam, hot ashes, fire in the hole...) They have a blowholes on the coast, plenty of cacti and volcanic cones. This was busy day. At the end I walked to the the capital city of Afecife - on the main commercial street you will find internet facility in the game room. One hour cost just 2 euro so I can wite now that everything goes well. No rain, not too hot and I have a lot of fun. It is easy trip (so far).
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Nov 08, 2011 07:00 PM The cliffs and wines of Madeira
It is my first time here. It was cloudy in the morning. To see as much as possible in one day I signed for full day tour... They took us to the western part of the island taking from one view poin to the other. The car was climbing the highest cliff in Europe. Unfortunately it was foggy there so I saw nothing. Then we drove to the plateau and Porto Moniz - for the great views of the northern coast and a mesl with the tasty local wine. The landscapes of Madeira are amaizing... I had a front seat in the car for the best video recording and pictures. Hope to show you some of them!
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Nov 07, 2011 07:00 PM Day in the ocean
The ship is nice, even my inside cabin is comfortabe... But from my experience I know that you have to take care because they want to milk you as much as possible.
In China or other Asian countrie you pay 1 USD for one hour connection to the internet. Do you know how much they charge here? 55 USD per One hour internet package...
We have a lot of attractions and 8 meals a day :) I eat only
three times... Passengers are from all over the world - I met coulple interesting people.. The ocean is smooth.
Tomorrow Madeira - I hope the weather will not be bad!
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