stena lounge

stena lounge,
originally uploaded by m 4 r k.

spent the night on [Stena Line Hollandica] - an overnight ferry to Holland. Evidently they have a lot of truck drivers on here - so much so that they have their own restaurant area. I was wandering around last night when I got stopped by one of the staff and asked "are you a truck driver?" - "do I look like one?" I asked. He explained that the area I was about to enter was only for truck drivers. What goes on in there, I wonder. I guess I'll need to get a truck to find out

Anyway there was still a gift shop, complete with Esprit outlet, a bistro, bar and smal casino, although I didn't see anyone sitting and the blackjack tables. Anyway I was kinda tired (we didn't set off until 11:30pm) so pretty much went straight to bed.


If you thought you were going to get more than six and a half hours's sleep - forget about it on here. They had half-hourly PA announcements until midnight, and then starting again at 6:30 in the morning. Not forgetting that we lost an hour due to the time difference. There were lots of bleary eyes this morning. The short sleep was partly compensated for by a big spread they laidn for breakfast - fairly much an all-you-can eat deal with lots of croissants, bread, cheeses, sliced meats, bacon, eggs, sausages etc...oh and did I mention coffee?

One guy said to me "typical dutch weather"..I wouldn't know but it looks a lot like typical british weather ie drizzling and quite cool.

I guess we must have docked now. They just said we are allowed to disembark.