Hi everyone! I'm posting this in La Spezia, Italy after about 4 days at sea. Thought I'd share with you my journey from the beginning.
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A very emotional day today.
It was the day it hit me that I’m going to be on a container ship, for
approx. 1.5 months, travelling to Hong Kong!
Joining
the ship was easy. I made my way to the
Cruise Terminal in Piraeus, the port of Athens and there the agent for this
particular cargo line met me. He took
care of all my paperwork with the authorities.
I was lucky enough to also meet the new Polish Chief Officer who joined
the ship with me. He’d been on this ship
before and was coming back from his leave.
I immediately warmed to his avuncular nature: kind eyes with a weary, yet friendly demeanor, he assured me that any questions I had, he’d be more than happy to
answer them. “Don’t think any question
is silly.” Ahh, that’s re-assuring.
