Thursday 5th April 2012: After so much sight-seeing in the last week it’s been bliss today just to bum around the ship. But it’s been a very interesting day. After our – nearly daily – grind in the gym and a lovely breakfast (and I’m sorry but I really did say the words “I can’t face any more smoked salmon today”), we went to peek at the bridge. You can’t go on to the bridge but there’s a special viewing area right behind it. The ship is over 1100 feet long, weighs 148,528 tonnes and the wheel is about 8” in diameter. And even then, no-one was touching it as it’s all driven by computers, and very impressive they are too. As you would expect, there are lots of computer screens and a reassuring
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