Friday, September 5, 2008

The Norwegian Jewel out of Dover England

Thursday 6:30 PM we find ourselves at the Tzars dinning room; smoked salmon appetizer, leg of lamb entrée, and soufflé for desert. Exactly 24 hours have passed since we boarded our plane in Birmingham and we are now in the English Channel heading for the Baltic Sea. Those 24 hours are a blur. We did have a plane ride to London, little to no sleep, a bus ride from London to Dover, lunch and still little to no sleep.

We can’t help making comparisons between our new ship and the Royal Caribbean that took us to Spain in May. The RC was a floating luxurious Spa City, the NCL is a floating Ritz Carlton, and thus far the food is better on the NCL; then there’s the Carnival out of Mobile… it’s a NASCAR race with good food and good entertainment.

Ron survived the two plane rides, and swears that he has had his last. Our first stop will be Copenhagen, Denmark Saturday morning 8:00 AM; Friday is for relaxation and sleep.

2 comments:

Team Hamer said...

Glad to hear you guys made it there ok. Things are good here. We signed Aidan up for Soccer at school. Today is his first day and he is very excited. I am having problems with my phone...will have to take it in to get looked at. Justin's job is going well. Turns out there is this guy Harry working there who he worked with at Cedian 3 years ago. Can't find a babysitter for the 27th of this month. Don't know what I am going to do.Looking forward to the weekend....where are the pictures?!?

Unknown said...

Glad to hear you made it and are enjoying the food, fun, and friends. We're about to experience Hurricane Hanna in New York. Ugliness this afternoon. Ari and I met up with Aunt Judi and Tracey for a nice Italian meal last night. We woke up at 7am to do laundry this morning so we could get it done before I went to Tracey's this afternoon. Much love! J and A