It is our
second sea day today and we have to say, it is wonderful to
start a longer expedition cruise with several days on board. We have been very
tired when we arrived on board FRAM on Sunday as we had all a long flight
behind us. Everybody on board welcomed us in a more than friendly way, but we
have been too exhausted to enjoy it really. So it was no wonder that everybody
enjoyed the first sea day yesterday. We slept longer and we used the day to
getting to know the ship, the crew and the expedition team. But today we feel
home already – and that is wonderful.
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| Atlantic Petrel, photo : John Chardine |
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| Atlantic Petrel, photo: John Chardine |
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| Waiting for a good shot, FriedaPhoto |
When there is an announcement like “meet
the Ornithologists on deck 7” we knew directly where we have to go and whom we
will meet, whom we could ask best in our language. We know our lecture halls, we know the right
person to ask if we have little problems. We know the dining room and the
lounges, the y are our room now. And we met the first passengers travelling
with us for a small talk or even first discussions. All together it means, we arrived
now on board really, we feel home now, we took over now” OUR ship FRAM”.
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| Stowaway 1 (Cinnamon Warbling-Finch) FriedaPhoto |
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| Stowaway 2 and 3 (Spot-winged-Pigeon) Photo: John Chardine |
During the
day the lecture staff offered lots of lectures to prepare us in the best way for
our landings on the Falkland Islands. We were out for bird watching, and many
of us shot already more pictures then they expected at the first days. How wonderful that we have the digital
photography and we have not to think about missing film at the end of our
cruise.
The day
passed by quickly. We had so much to do. Listening, looking and of course eating,
enjoying the good food the Chef and his crew had prepared for us.
