After many hugs and smiles, we said goodbye to Oddvar and Solveig and went to the ferry terminal for DFDS Seaways. Our ship, the Crown of Scandinavia, sat awaiting our arrival. We checked in, received our boarding passes and our dinner ("Seafood Buffet") ticket, and went to our cabin. This is where the astonishment came in. My heart sank when I saw from our boarding passes that we were on deck 11, cabin 1115. I was imagining that we would be on the very bottom of the boat and would be making friends with the engines of this boat too! Not so, this time! I remember when we made this booking. I had asked Ivan about many of the features offered when making a booking. I think he was feeling like having a little luxury and so we signed on for a "deluxe" cabin. (I should also tell you that 'deluxe' was the word used to describe our cabin on the Hurtigruta, too, so it has lost a bit of it's mystique.) Well, imagine my shock when we had to take a special elevator to access the 11th deck (upwards) of a 12-deck ship! Imagine my further shock when we entered this beautiful cabin with a small, but nice bathroom, a sitting room and a little bedroom! Ivan may have to postpone retirement so we can afford this part of our Norway trip! Anyway, it's a beautiful ship and I think the noise from the engines won't be an issue. Here is the ship - I made a nearly invisible circle around where our cabin was, about in the center of the photo:
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| Photo purloined from this website: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crown_Of_Scandinavia_200804.jpg |
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