Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Baltic Crise Note, Day 10: Visby, Gotland, Sweden

We were to have a bicycle tour of Visby, the main city on the island of Gotland, which is a resort island that is part of Sweden. Apparently, they do not have a proper port for a ship this size, so we were supposed to "tender" to shore. I think the source of the term is that such boats would tend a ship. Anyhow, no such luck. There were enough swells and waves that the captain decided it was not safe to go in. We spent the day on ship. Having seen the level of waves later in the day, we appreciated the captain's decision, because we would certainly have been spending the night on the island. Denise and I are fortunate that we are not prone to motion sickness. From mid-afternoon on, everyone on board the ship appears drunk. There are rails and handholds everywhere,so there isn't much risk of falling, but it just feels odd to be rolled around on a structure this large. We had a nice dinner with our new friends from Canada. He is the mayor of a medium-sized city, and she teaches special education. We have had a nice time with them. Short notes tonight. More tomorrow.

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