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DAY 17
Now it is tomorrow and there is more to tell!! We
made it to the ferry and loaded ourselves, the trailer (which had
been parked in Turku) and the "tobogan" onto "The
Isabella", a huge Viking Lines Ferry boat.
In the waiting room I was approached by a girl's football team from
Russia (wait a minute!!) who had recognised me from an article in
a Russian magazine. So we took some pictures with them and I signed
the article and stored away yet another interesting experience for
the memory banks!!
The cabins are quite small on these boats but it was only for sleeping
anyway so we met at the bar on the 9th floor! I don't know if you
have ever been on one of these things but it is just like a floating
city with shops, bars and restaurants everywhere. This one even
had a casino… but you need money for that! It was so big and
so comfortable that we soon forgot that we were even on a boat!!
Sitting down for a drink, we were all very tired from the previous
week but finally able to relax a bit… but soon we knew we were
in trouble! The boat had chosen the currently popular Latin theme
and the cabaret entertainment was a band from Spain called "Los
Monte Blancos" who were………… not very good!!!!!
They all looked pretty bored and at one point one of the girl singers
decided to scratch herself (I won't go into details) in the middle
of a song wich caused me to fall off my seat and general amusement
all round! I don't mean to be unkind… it's just that none of
us could understand how this band got the gig in the first place!
Enough said…
We couldn't take any more so we found a quiet place to have dinner.
We were all very tired so it was great to have time to relax before
crawling off to our cabins!
The alarm clock was most unwelcome again but it was 5am and time
to get the day started! A quick shower and off to find some tea
and meet everyone for the on-going journey to Skien. I am writing
this from the back seat of the people carrier at the moment and
we're about 400kms (6 hours) from Skien now. So I'll finish this
day when we get there!!
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We made it! 12 hours and not a single complaint
from anyone. Of course we made a few stops and tried desperately
to understand the difference between Euros and the various Krone
that are used in Scandinavia but we were very glad to see the hotel.
Tomorrow we have a chance to rest though I have some TV and press
interviews to do in the afternoon… the joys of the road. Went
to bed thankfully and with no alarm clock!!!
Next day...
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