The sea has been a bit uppy downy, but as I’ve said before, I find the
Magellan seems to handle it reasonably well.
I’ve not felt seasick at all this cruise, despite us getting force 8
winds and waves/swell up to 5 metres high.
This bodes well for our next cruise in January, when we’ll be crossing
the Bay of Biscay.
Peter ran his classes this morning – he still has to do two as there
are 40+ passengers turning up, and the most we can get into the room at once is
26. We had lunch in the Bistro as
always. In the afternoon, Peter spent
some time looking after his online students, whilst I chilled and chatted in
the lounges. I had a quick chat with one
of guys in the CMV shop. We met him the
last time we were on the Magellan, and he remembered us. Mostly because we took about an hour deciding
on which watch to buy for Peter, and probably had the staff empty the whole
shop window.......... and some!
Anyway, he gave me a little bit of info about the up and coming dry
dock, when the Magellan is going to get a new speciality restaurant. Sounds interesting. I wonder how that is going to work?
The sea swell grew higher, and the wind blew harder as the day
progressed. The lifts were stopped as a
precautions, and many of the decks were taped off as being too windy to
use.
Just as it was getting towards evening, Peter and I decided to get our things together ready to go out on deck and have a look out for the lights. Coats, scarfs etc in hand, we headed upstairs, but to the bistro first, for a cup of tea. And then the announcement came over the sound system. The lights had been seen at the rear of the ship. Suddenly, every passenger on the ship was on the move. We couldn’t use the lifts, and the staircases filled as everyone hurried up. It wasn’t quite a panicky rush, but a couple of people took a tumble in the haste to get to the decks. It didn’t matter that many were taped off as too windy to access, everyone tumbled out of the doors and scanned the skies.
And yes, there it was. The green
haze that we have learned to recognise as the Aurora Borealis. Sadly, it didn’t really develop much, but it
did at least hang around long enough for just about everyone to see.
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| Not the best picture, but you can see the lights stretch all the way overhead |
The lights faded away, and everyone went back inside, to hear the next
announcement from the Captain. The
weather has been bad enough to really slow the ship down and the decision has
been taken to miss out Trondheim altogether and head straight for the next
Port, Andalsnes. We should get there
late tomorrow afternoon, and get a night in Port.
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