I awoke to an overcast day, knowing that we were not on a fixed schedule. Our ship was due to make port in Haugesund around 9:00 am, and RQS had planned to take an exercise class at 10:00 am. So RQS joined me for an early breakfast (not eating anything) while I feasted again. (Reminder to self: Aim to have breakfast in the main dining room next time.)
Around 10:00 am, RQS went to exercise, while I went to the atrium to relax and catch up on reading the daily news. (She found that no one but her was at the exercise class, so she had the leader to herself - a private lesson.) RQS texted me to tell me that she made it up to our cabin when the power went out. First, it was the lights in the stores (closed for the time in port), followed by everything else for a few seconds. Then, the emergency power and lights kicked in. We were told NOT to take the elevators at this time, so I told RQS that I'd come up when it was safe. Once I heard the ultra low pitched sound of the ships engines kicking in, I went up to the room to meet RQS before having a light lunch.
Shortly after lunch, we took the shuttle bus into Haugesund. $8/pp (approx.) isn't an unreasonable price to be shuttled into town and back, given the price of gas (or electric) in this neck of the world.
Later on in the day, we went to the main dining room for dinner. Compared to what we've had in the past on NCL, Princess's MDR now shows itself to be better than what we have been finding on our NCL trips. Hopefully, our Autumn Bermuda trip will show that NCL has rectified the problems we've seen on previous cruises....
One thing of note: We chose an all-inclusive package (Princess Premier) which gives us 4 devices of unlimited internet use on this cruise. This is a much better deal than I could have gotten on any other cruise line that I've sailed on. However, there is a minor glitch. When we sailed out of the US, we were connected to a United States based IP address, and the ads presented to us were geared to the US market. However, on this cruise, the IP assigned to us was either UK based or German based. This means that we've been getting ads geared for the UK and EU markets, some of them in German. In the Google search results for Linens and Things above, I got responses from European stores with prices listed in Euros. There are also some sites that I cannot reach due to EU restrictions. I guess that I'll have to wait until we return to the US to order a new dress from Lane Bryant, or to order a new wig from Wig Outlet. But what I find most interesting is that I keep getting forced to German sites of international businesses based in the USA. Even my high school German has proven to be no use here....
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