Leroy here. Thought I'd take a minute to make a few comments about this sojourn Vialula and I are gettin ready to take. Now I read her introduction to it and she can sure put some pretty words and thoughts out there and all but I thought I would turn it a little toward the guys and give them some pretty impressive numbers to think about.
First of all, before I do that, I just want to tell you that the journey kind of got off to a rocky start today. You see Fedex came by to get all our luggage today. The next time we see it, it will hopefully be in our stateroom. I say hopefully because while I was carrying the boxes I packed my stuff in out to the truck, I hear Vi give a start. I turned to see the Fedex driver running down our driveway chasing after one of her rolling luggage pieces. Now most of you know we live on a hill and that piece of luggage was making pretty good time down towards the creek. I didn't have my stopwatch handy but I dare say the driver was doing about a 4.3 in the 40. It crashed into the yard. Luckily, no harm was done, no pieces of scanty underthings went flying and he finally got everything accounted for and loaded up. Clothes are gone so I guess we're going for sure now!
Anyway, back to some of the facts. Let me just list some. Our ship is the ms Amsterdam...
She is 780 feet long. With a beam of 105.8 feet. Top speed is 25.5 knots.
She was built in 2000 with a complete refurbish in 2015.
She holds 1380 guests and about 615 crew members.
We will be gone for 113 days, visit 5 continents, 29 countries, stop in 47 different ports of call and stay overnight in 7 locations. We will cross all longitude lines, the equator a couple of times and travel a minimum of 21,000 nautical miles.
We leave out of and return to Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
We will have daytime transits of both the Panama and the Suez Canals.
This is our Captain's (Jonathan Mercer) final voyage as he is retiring after our return.
No shots are required for the trip and only four countries we visit require specific visa's.
We have 15 gala nights where we have to dress like somebody fancy and important.
The ship has numerous classes and activities available to keep most everyone happy on sea days.
On the second or third day they offer a "get to know the ship tour(s)" where you can learn the ins and outs of what it takes to put on such a cruise. I would imagine the logistics are quite complicated.
I will probably have more details to share with you after I take part in the various activities and shore excursions. I am also sure that Vialula will have much to share with you as well. She is my tech nerd so I rely on her a lot when it comes to things like putting pictures in here and there, etc.
We both look forward to going around this big blue marble that we all call home. It is going to be an adventure of a lifetime and we both thank God above for all the many blessings he has bestowed upon us.
Come along with us as we set sail. We will try not to bore you too much and we will try not to inundate you with stuff you don't want or need. Hope you enjoy the reads and we look forward to sharing our adventures with you. Come and jump into the volcano with us.
Our best to you all,
Leroy
First of all, before I do that, I just want to tell you that the journey kind of got off to a rocky start today. You see Fedex came by to get all our luggage today. The next time we see it, it will hopefully be in our stateroom. I say hopefully because while I was carrying the boxes I packed my stuff in out to the truck, I hear Vi give a start. I turned to see the Fedex driver running down our driveway chasing after one of her rolling luggage pieces. Now most of you know we live on a hill and that piece of luggage was making pretty good time down towards the creek. I didn't have my stopwatch handy but I dare say the driver was doing about a 4.3 in the 40. It crashed into the yard. Luckily, no harm was done, no pieces of scanty underthings went flying and he finally got everything accounted for and loaded up. Clothes are gone so I guess we're going for sure now!Anyway, back to some of the facts. Let me just list some. Our ship is the ms Amsterdam...
She is 780 feet long. With a beam of 105.8 feet. Top speed is 25.5 knots.
She was built in 2000 with a complete refurbish in 2015.
She holds 1380 guests and about 615 crew members.
We will be gone for 113 days, visit 5 continents, 29 countries, stop in 47 different ports of call and stay overnight in 7 locations. We will cross all longitude lines, the equator a couple of times and travel a minimum of 21,000 nautical miles.
We leave out of and return to Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
We will have daytime transits of both the Panama and the Suez Canals.
This is our Captain's (Jonathan Mercer) final voyage as he is retiring after our return.
No shots are required for the trip and only four countries we visit require specific visa's.
We have 15 gala nights where we have to dress like somebody fancy and important.
The ship has numerous classes and activities available to keep most everyone happy on sea days.
On the second or third day they offer a "get to know the ship tour(s)" where you can learn the ins and outs of what it takes to put on such a cruise. I would imagine the logistics are quite complicated.
I will probably have more details to share with you after I take part in the various activities and shore excursions. I am also sure that Vialula will have much to share with you as well. She is my tech nerd so I rely on her a lot when it comes to things like putting pictures in here and there, etc.
We both look forward to going around this big blue marble that we all call home. It is going to be an adventure of a lifetime and we both thank God above for all the many blessings he has bestowed upon us.
Come along with us as we set sail. We will try not to bore you too much and we will try not to inundate you with stuff you don't want or need. Hope you enjoy the reads and we look forward to sharing our adventures with you. Come and jump into the volcano with us.
Our best to you all,
Leroy
You're pretty good with words, too. God made a beautiful world. Enjoy it. Bon voyage.
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