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Published: January 12th 2019
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It was a bit overcast to say the least when we arrived in Funchal. Norwegian Epic is one of three ships in port today. There is the Mein Schiff and the Fred Olsen Balmoral. It could be a bit busy.
At breakfast, George met up with a couple of people he had met at the previous days friends of Bill meeting. One of those lived in the same area that Theresa had grown up. It is a small world really.
Prior to the trip, we had looked at the Yellow Bus for whilst we were in Funchal, but had been unable to get confirmation that it was running whilst we are there so we had not booked anything.
Whilst on the ship, we had looked at the ship tours for Funchal, and they had a Yellow Bus trip but it was $49. A lot more than the €16 that was advertised on the yellow bus website. As we exited the port, there was a yellow bus waiting. We asked how much it was and were told that it was $49 and that we could pay on our ship key card.
We asked the conductor if it is
the same price outside of the port and were informed that if we walked the 100 meters to the end of the port road that it was €16. So that is what we did. Thinking on your feet and 100% research can make money.
We had a 10 minute wait for the bus to arrive and the charge when we got on was only €14. We were well pleased with what we have saved today.
As we took our seat on the top of the open top bus, the conductor came around with yellow rain ponchos. We were so glad about this, as within about 5 minutes of us leaving, it started raining, and did not stop until we arrived back at the port. Our journey took us up into the clouds and it just got wetter and wetter.
A fun trip though, but we did not really see much as we were fighting the ponchos in the wind most of the time. The cloud was really low.
After a dry off and change of clothes, we headed to O´Sheehan´s for lunch. It made a nice change from the regular buffet and was quieter today with
most people being in Funchal.
This afternoon we attended the Captains cocktail party for Gold latitude members. We got to meet all the senior staff members. The command team at its best.
There was also a raffle where George won a bottle of red wine. This was swapped for a bottle of white wine so that Theresa could drink it.
Dinner was back at the buffet.
This evening we set sail on six sea days to cross the Atlantic. Next stop should be Saint Martin / Sint Maarten.
Over the next few days, there will be a time change on most nights going back one hour so when we arrive in the Caribbean, our bodies will be in the right time zone.
Most of the Caribbean is five hours behind UK time.
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