So we're hunkered up on the beds in our cabin. Like most of the cabins on the Marco Polo, this one has twin beds, so I have to wave at Peter across the gap. It's a nice cabin though, we feel like we've come up in the world, literally. Normally we get one in the bowels of the ship, but today we are a couple of floors up on the Atlantic Deck. This may mean that the cabin is smaller than we are used to, but the plus is that they are less likely to batten down the hatches on us, which means more daylight. Yippeeeee!
Our neighbours on my side seem particularly noisy. I'm wondering if they are deaf, because they are very loud. Perhaps they can't hear themselves shout at each other? And then the couple across the hall are opening and slamming their door "IS IT LOCKED?", and the neighbours on Peter's side are noisily unpacking and I think the staff are having a party in the hall. There is so much noise going on it's like being in a hospital ward! Maybe going up in the world is not all it's cracked up to be.
We've had a good journey down. We set off yesterday so that we could fit a family visit in on the way down, and stopped in a Travelodge last night. This is a 6 week cruise, and we've bought so much luggage with us, the house is empty. So when I had this nagging feeling that I might have forgotten something, I thought I couldn't have done, since there was nothing left in the wardrobes.
Once we'd got a good way down the A1, I remembered what I hadn't packed. Binoculars! We have 4 half decent sets and some freebies from the the National Trust, so it's not as if we couldn't find any whilst we were at home! Doh! A trip to PC World was opted for and now we have 6 sets of binoculars! On the plus side, the latest set are much better than any of the others, which sort or makes up for the additional expense.
The noise has changed a little now. The couple on Peter's side are watching the tele, and the couple on my side are still unpacking. I'm thinking about all the noisy cabins we've had in the past, with engines and gears whirring so hard that everything rattled. I'm wondering if that was better?
As Peter says though, we are grateful to get a cabin, and this is going to be a good cruise, I am so looking forward to the wildife in the Amazon. The ship sets sail at 11.30, and I have my seasick tablets ready. Bring it on!
Our neighbours on my side seem particularly noisy. I'm wondering if they are deaf, because they are very loud. Perhaps they can't hear themselves shout at each other? And then the couple across the hall are opening and slamming their door "IS IT LOCKED?", and the neighbours on Peter's side are noisily unpacking and I think the staff are having a party in the hall. There is so much noise going on it's like being in a hospital ward! Maybe going up in the world is not all it's cracked up to be.
We've had a good journey down. We set off yesterday so that we could fit a family visit in on the way down, and stopped in a Travelodge last night. This is a 6 week cruise, and we've bought so much luggage with us, the house is empty. So when I had this nagging feeling that I might have forgotten something, I thought I couldn't have done, since there was nothing left in the wardrobes.
Once we'd got a good way down the A1, I remembered what I hadn't packed. Binoculars! We have 4 half decent sets and some freebies from the the National Trust, so it's not as if we couldn't find any whilst we were at home! Doh! A trip to PC World was opted for and now we have 6 sets of binoculars! On the plus side, the latest set are much better than any of the others, which sort or makes up for the additional expense.
The noise has changed a little now. The couple on Peter's side are watching the tele, and the couple on my side are still unpacking. I'm thinking about all the noisy cabins we've had in the past, with engines and gears whirring so hard that everything rattled. I'm wondering if that was better?
As Peter says though, we are grateful to get a cabin, and this is going to be a good cruise, I am so looking forward to the wildife in the Amazon. The ship sets sail at 11.30, and I have my seasick tablets ready. Bring it on!
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