FRAM reached the harbor of Lisbon around lunchtime. The
sunny weather made it not a bit easier for the passengers of the last cruise to
say “good bye” FRAM. After a nice voyage it is always hard to go, and so it is
no wonder that some guests made the decision to stay for another cruise, our
trip “Southern Europe – The Great Easter Voyage”.
Most of the new coming guests arrived in the afternoon. The
check in was done very fast and everybody had time enough to get a first
impression of our lovely lady MV FRAM.
Before we could leave Lisbon everybody had to participate in
an emergency drill. Around 20:00 FRAM set sail in the direction of Leixoes
(Porto), where we expect to be tomorrow in the late morning.
It was already a bit dark during we were sailing along the silhouette
of the spectacular town of Lisbon.
A wonderful sunset colored the sky golden,
orange and dark red later on. It was still not cold on the open decks and so we
could enjoy our first evening even outside.
At 21:30 our Captain Rune Andreassen welcomed us in the Observation
lounge and introduced us to his officers. The Hotel Manager Else Kristine
Tjessem gave us some important information for the trip. After our Expedition leader Karin Strand had introduced us to her team we
had at least seen nearly everybody, who would be important for our holidays on
board FRAM.
Tired from the long travel and all the new impressions we
went to bed.
