On their second visit to Newhaven (for Edinburgh0, TSH and Diva decided to go ashore for a short walk. Making the journey to Edinburgh seemed too much effort – almost 30 minutes on the tender plus 30 minutes on the shuttle bus plus waiting and connection times. They much preferred the previous arrangement when Silversea ships docked in Leith next to Royal Yacht Britannia.
Going ashore, they were greeted by a man from the local
tourist organisation. TSH, who can be tactless, has specific instructions not
to talk to people from the USA about their presidents in general or Donald
Trump in particular. Unfortunately, Diva had not thought of banning conversation
about football at a time when Scotland is out of the Euro 2024 competition and
England is, at least for the moment, still in the running.
The current captain of the Silver Spirit does not speak good
English and struggles with the announcements, of which he makes as few as
possible. At the start of each announcement, he seems to say ‘This is your
silly captain speaking from the bridge’ but he probably means ‘Silversea
captain’.
Today is the International Day of the Seafarer. At
lunch-time, using the public address system, the Captain spoke to express his
thanks to the whole crew for their efforts in making the customer experience
excellent. TSH and Diva joined in the applause requested and as a result two of
the Maitre D’s came over to chat to them. It was a strange time to make such an
address – La Terrazza was almost
deserted because most guests were ashore in Newhaven.
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