Now some will say that moving berth some half a mile up the river and having to be towed the whole way by tugs because you can't use your main engines, is not sailing the ship. Don't listen to them. For those of us who have waited so long to sail, the mooring lines were let go, the ship moved out into the middle of the waterway and we moved to another place. That is sailing!
Kiel is an increasingly popular crusie terminal and several cruise ships have started to call here in the past 2 weeks. As more come, the berth that we have occupied since November is needed.
So 5 months to the day since Logos Hope berthed at Ostseekai, we sailed up the river to our new temporary home of Bolhornkai.
It was a good opportunity for many of the deck crew who have never had to work at a mooring station to practice - they will get a few more goes in the coming weeks as we have to move twice more before the ship goes to drydock at the end of May.
So we enjoyed our short voyage up on our balcony deck and now we are nearer the center of the town and the railway station.
This weekend it was a great encouragement to have my boss, Mark Knight on board and to spend some quality time discussing many issues about the ships and Corporate Services. Then today we have had the privilege of having George Verwer, founder of OM, visiting the ship.
It is always such an encouragement to hear George speak and share about his life.
The kids are off school for a couple of days this week and much of the new school furniture is being installed. - Pictures to follow.
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