Thread: From the Observation Lounge - where is nedstar today?

Originally Posted by canarymoon

Love that photo of the little harbor with the old gatehouse at La Rochelle!

One serious harbor entrance. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Southampton is a departure and arrival port as well as Ijmuiden so passengers will be arriving and leaving the ship.

When we arrived in April aboard MSC Lirica a lot of people were travelling to Hamburg. The main excursions were to London and Salisbury and Stonehenge.

Salisbury and Stonehenge link below:

http://www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/salisbury/home

The bridge cam on MSC Opera is pointing directly to Mayflower Park, this and the nearby town quay are good places to view ships in Southampton.
Current weather in Southampton (Jul 18, 2012)

The report was made 39 minutes ago, at 07:20 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 5,1 meters per second (11,5 miles per hour) from west/southwest (240°), varying between south (190°) and west (280°). The atmospheric pressure was 1016 hPa (30.00 inHg). The relative humidity was 77,0 %. There were a few clouds at a height of 610 meters (2000 feet) and scattered clouds at a height of 1067 meters (3500 feet). The overall visibility was greater than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).

15 °C
59 °F

In England it can rain at any time.

The final evening for nedstar as MSC Opera leaves Southampton for Ijmuiden. The cruise will end at 10:30 local time tomorrow morning.

What fascinates me is that ships can have multiple termination/origination points. In the US market, all ships have only one origin and one ending point. It leads to a more organized trip (only one greeting by the wait staff and command staff, only one life boat drill) and it definitely makes it easier for the home office to schedule and book cabins.

Hoping nedstar enjoyed the cruise aboard MSC Opera. I have been out most of the day, and also tomorrow, Opera has started her next cruise since I returned home.

Again hoping an enjoyable time was had.

Originally Posted by canarymoon

Love that photo of the little harbor with the old gatehouse at La Rochelle!

Originally Posted by timwilloughby

One serious harbor entrance. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

But where did the cruise ship dock?