Norway Farewell Transatlantic 2001
Day 16
Sea Day - enroute to Havre - September 16, 2002

 

Club I entryway

Left and below: improvised signage.
Close view of homemade sign


On y va?
Club I doors

Fast waiter, Club I
As usual, the crew was hard at work.

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Below, one of the great rooms on any ship anywhere.
Wide shot, Club I
Waiter, Club I
Potted palm in Club I
Tea music, Club I

Left: Of course there was a violinist.


Below: The two-deck glory of Club I.

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Club I windows on two decks

International deck trees

I have made an American's tea this day: chomp slurp and leave. The Channel looms before us; we are headed towards France, and the last sun rays of the trip are gleaming outside.

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International Deck shoppers
International Deck windows
International Deck walkers

International Deck memoribilia

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the Captain's autograph
Standing at rail

Boat deck walk
We are making good progress in St. George's Channel.

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Boat deck walk
Boat deck walk
Boat deck walk
Boat deck walk
Basketball court

This is the gentleman of the couple above him, a pair who obsessively shot for hours on end.

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Basketball player
Gym
Inadvertent self-portrait against stretch class in the gym.
More last visits in familiar corners
Familiar corner
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derniers coins favorisPorthole and rail

Rail shadows

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Name shadows
Freighter in Channel

Sky deck pool empty

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Freighter in Channel
Sky , Sun, and Star Decks

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Friends at pool
other passengers, new friends

Last name
Lifering and Channel

Curved rail and Channel

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me and funnel
s'il en faut un èpreuve
Stair and deck patterns
the glory of her form
Sky deck stairwell

Decorative details, 40 years old and timeless ...

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Railing detail

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Damage repaired
In good time for Norway's return to the waters of her first nation, the repair is done, only the special-cut windpane left to install, and the light globe replaced.

 

Windward Dining Room floor
This was, of course, the last formal dinner at sea, the last dinner for many of our French passengers, and the crew was especially busy as they got our meals underway whilst preparing a surprise ...

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Windward grand descente

Dining Room table detail
table laid, anticipation building ...
Our great waiter
Menus and cameras
Above: We scan the Farewell Dinner menu, and cameras are made ready.

Below: the surprise begins.
Singing staff

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We Are the World
Singing to us, our staff:
September 11 has lent the cheesy pop song an air of nostalgia that proves oddly moving

Applause
Others express appreciation.

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September 17 - Le Havre, France