we sailed from London, without Heather, on a beautiful sunny morning. I managed to get up at 5.30am to say goodbye to the large number of people who were leaving the ship, some after 2 years and some just after the weekend.
Our first day at sea was beautiful and the warm sun shine and flat calm reminded me of voyages years ago around the Indian ocean and Pacific on Doulos.
After attending her granny's funeral and having a couple of days in Edinburgh with her family, Heather flew to Dublin on Wednesday morning with our friend Colin and his daughter Emma.
They drove down to Cork to try and be on the quayside for our arrival. As we sailed up the river into a rainy Cork, Heather was still racing to be here but in the end we were just tying up when they pulled up on the quayside.
It was great to have Colin here for a few days before we head off to the Caribbean. We had a few great days and got out to see a bit of Cork together and taste the Irish hospitality.
Cork is surprisingly multicultural and it has been a real revelation to see all the ethnic faces and hear many different languages as people have been coming onboard these past few days.
Although not as busy as London, those who have come onboard are certainly buying plenty of books.
I have now taken on my new role overseeing the whole visitor experience deck and part of that responsibility was to welcome our guest of honour, the Lord Mayor, to the deck as part of our official opening on Thursday. Heather is back into nursing and back doing on call duty again.
Next weekend Heather's parents come to Cork, staying with friends onshore ,while I am heading to Paris to see U2 in Concert.
So we are looking forward to another exciting week on the Logos Hope.
