Nieuw Amsterdam

Vancouver April 11

Today we joined our cruise ship. We checked out of the hotel at 11:00 and got a short cab ride to the ship. The whole check in process and immigration took less than an hour. We boarded the ship and then checked out the various facilities. It's a bit smaller ship than we have been used to but they all are basically the same layout. I will get a photo of the ship someday when we get in a port.

We had lunch, completed the safety video and checked in to our Muster Station. We are now unpacking our clothes before supper and a show.

The staff are very friendly and we have two young men Rudi and Sun from Indonesia looking after us.

Can't seem to upload a photo. I will have to check on the internet service here. Kind of suspect they want you to pay extra to do this little task. :-)

We have a retired priest on board - Fr. Ken Baker of Dayton, Ohio. So got to go to Saturday mass at 5:00pm. There is mass everyday at 8:00am except for days in port when it is 5:00pm. I'll get there next Saturday. Penny, I timed him and he preached 3:53 - Gladys says I should bring him back with us. lol

Had a lovely dinner and now off to a show.