April 5th

Ah the joys of travel.  We'll we did make it to Newcastle with everything in the car, and here is the proof.

As you can see there was very

little space left.  Robb wouldn't let me open the passenger side because he was afraid things would fall out!

We found the dock and loaded on the ferry with no problems and went to see our room.  It was right in the middle of the bow of the ship on the fifth deck up.  We had beautiful views as we pulled out of the harbor, and we think the captain's bridge was right above us.

This was taken out of one of the two port holes in our room as we left harbor.

 

It was a beautiful evening as we started out but the clouds soon came in and as it turned dark, it also turned a little bit rough.  We had our dinner in the fancy buffet restaurant and came back and each of us took some Dramamine- I was afraid that we would get sick.  I talked to Robb about growing up and going to Catalina on the Wooden Shoe and how I would get so sea sick.  After that conversation we went to bed, but not to sleep, the rocking and the memories kept me awake most of the night. 

We get didn't get seasick but we spent a rather rough night being tossed about on our bunks, neither slept well but we were up early in the morning.   The sea calmed down just about the time we made harbor in Amsterdam, but all was well and Robb made his trade show debut in Husum Germany on time.

We emptied the car between the hotel and the trade show and hadn't forgotten anything, which considering all we had taken made me feel grateful.  We did need an electrical connection for the printer (the wireless hookup that was promised didn't work)  and had quite a time finding a store and purchasing it.  No one in the store spoke English so there was a little confusion.

More tomorrow on the food.

Love to All,

Dawn