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| In Harlingen we moored next to this ship. We had to cross their deck to get ashore. |
Four of our
ports this summer are Tall Ships Festival ports. Similar to the Tall Ships Festivals I
attended last summer on the Great Lakes; besides the ships there are vendors
selling merchandise, cheesy nautical things, food, etc. There are also crew parties, receptions,
activities and facilities available for us to use. The biggest difference between these European
Tall Ships Festivals and the ones on the Great Lakes is that here there are around
70 tall ships instead of 12-15! And
Sorlandet is not the biggest ship at the festival, one of the bigger ones but
not the star attraction like she was on the Lakes. The nicest difference is that we don’t have
open ship every day of the festival.
There is still a fair amount of activity on board with different
officials, organizers, friends, sponsors, etc. coming on throughout the day but
not 2000+ random strangers shuffling around deck asking the same questions.
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| Harlingen. Ferris wheel + ships |
During the
festivals I haven’t had too much time off, a few hours here and there, but
that’s OK. Generally the first thing we
do when we get off (speaking for Nadia and myself, not the whole crew), is look
for wifi, probably at a coffee shop.
Other standard stops include buying postcards and stamps and probably a
grocery store for personal or ship provisions.
We’ve also been running in most ports.
Lerwick has been our favourite run so far and it will be pretty hard to
beat – the scenery was incredible.
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| #galleygirls get milkshakes and wifi |
Part of fun
of the festivals is meeting or catching up with crew from other ships. There’s also the opportunity to tour around
the other ships but I haven’t made that happen yet. I’ve met some of the cooks from other ships
and given a galley tour or two. There’s
one ship that has a bread room so I hope to see that one day!
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| en route to crew party in Fredrikstad |
In
Fredrikstad Carsten (department head), Nadia and myself went out for dinner one
night. We cooked for the crew who would
be eating on board (about 10) and headed out.
It was great to have some time to spend together in a relaxed setting
and enjoy great food that we didn’t have to prepare!
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